60 Seconds 

By Kristen French

with Paul Hickey of Bespoke Investment Group on China ADR performance. ...

SRI Funds Beat The Market  

By Christina Mucciolo

The Curtain Lifted 

Hedge funds may be secretive, but alternative mutual funds, their (distant) cousins, are not....

China ADRs Soar 

By Kristen French

The graph below measures the performance of the Shanghai Composite Index against a basket of Chinese ADRs selected by Bespoke Investment from Jan. 2,...

Mutual Funds, ETFs, Hedge Funds Cutting Fees 

By Stan Luxenberg

Like hard-pressed retailers, investment managers have lately taken to lowering prices. Mutual funds and ETFs have cut expense ratios. Even exclusive hedge funds have reduced the fees they charge clients. Some of the fee cuts may be temporary measures aimed at attracting sales during the recession. But the trend toward lower expenses seems likely to continue. ...

The Price Is NOT (Always) Right 

By Brad Zigler

Fundamental index ETFs have been around for nearly five years now. Have they lived up to their claims that they avoid overpriced stocks? ...

Lost Decade? Not For Fundamental Indexing  

David A. Geracioti, VonAldo.com

A recent study says says it paid to use fundamental indexing in the decade of The Aughts. Rather than losing money, you would have earned a small return. ...

A Hedge Fund Resurgence 

By Halah Touryalai

After a painful year in 2008, some advisors and investors are falling back in love with hedge funds, but the terms of the relationship are changing. ...

Responsible Investing, Redux 

By Lisa A. Cohen

Should investors really factor non-business metrics into their investments?...

Bring in the Clones 

By Mebane Faber

Picking outperforming stocks is difficult. But you can mimic the stock picks of the world's best investors by following Form 13F filings....

Correction 

In a story titled, Managing Managed Futures, in our September issue, there were errors in Tables 1 and 4, on pages 67 and 68. In Table 1, all of the returns...

Managing Managed Futures 

By Ryan Davies

Managed futures have been getting a lot of attention lately. Here’s what you should know before you consider them for clients...

Morgan Stanley Analyst Says China Bubble Will Burst 

By John Churchill

There is a growing chorus of analysts and money managers who say that China is bubble that is bound to pop....

Mattress Millionaire 

By Christina Mucciolo

There's a frantic search under way in Israel for a mattress that's worth $1 million...

Everything You Know About Asset Allocation Is Wrong 

By John Churchill

The unprecedented seems to happen all too frequently in financial markets. Is there something wrong with the way financial advisors build their clients' portfolios?...