But around the fringes of the fund business, the strain is starting to show.
The mutual fund business was growing quickly in 1987, when Federal regulators opened the door to more activity by banks.
Or will a continuing investigation of the fund business turn up additional mischief?
In the fund business, they call this your asset allocation strategy.
More than three-quarters of banks plan to increase their investment in the fund business.
I think she'll probably do very well in the mutual fund business.
In fact, until recently, nobody in the fund business was managing a lot of money.
"The mutual fund business offers some very high fees," he said.
Some sectors of the mutual fund business remain popular with investors.
That thing, he said, was to build a larger hedge fund business.