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This study found that changes in the Value Weighted New York Index and changes in the Dow Jones Index to be the most significant. Several other variables were found to be only somewhat significant.","As this study seems to indicate further research into the performance differences between types of funds is needed.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T18:34:54Z (GMT). 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