The worlds savviest asset managers discuss investing strategies and their views of economic trends.

60 Seconds: Craig Callahan 

By David A. Geracioti

A Q&A with Craig Callahan....

Commodity Funds or Commodity Exchange-traded Products? 

By Brad Zigler

There's very little real difference between the performance of mutual funds and ETPs in the commodity space, but there's a whole lot of difference in the products' risk characteristics....

On the ETF Death Watch 

By Stan Luxenberg

Investors have been pouring into exchange-traded funds. But not all ETFs are prospering, says Ron Rowland, president of Capital Cities Asset Management, a registered investment advisor in Austin, Texas. “Too many products have come to market, and not all of them will survive,” says Rowland. ...

Ten To Watch 2010-2011: The Fortune Teller 

By Stan Luxenberg

John Hussman, President, Hussman Funds ...

Outsourcing Asset Allocation 

By Lisa A. Cohen

As your practice grows, it becomes harder to do everything yourself....

Oriented to Small and Value Stocks, DFA Has Rocked—and Attracted Assets. Will It Be a Victim of Its Own Success? 

By Stan Luxenberg

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is riding high. At a time when many investors are abandoning actively managed stock funds, DFA’s passive portfolios have been attracting a steady flow of cash. ...

Marathon Value, a Top-Performing Fund, Breakfasts with Registered Rep.  

By Stan Luxenberg

During the rough markets of the past decade, Marathon Value Fund (MVFPX) the fund returned 6 percent annually during the ten years through April 13, outdoing 97 percent of its large blend competitors....

The Gentleman's C 

By Christina Mucciolo

Ivy League endowments did not post Ivy League performance in fiscal 2009. ...

Buy Farmland, Gold and Run for the Hills, says Dr. Doom  

By David A. Geracioti, VonAldo.com

Dr. Marc Faber, who predicted the 1987 crash and the recent financial crisis, is predictably gloomy. Buy farmland, gold and head into the country to avoid a "dirty" war, he told a conference. For more, please go to VonAldo.com, the blog of Registered Rep. Editor-in-Chief David A. Geracioti....

The Online Wager 

By Christina Mucciolo

Hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt and online brokerage pioneer Blake Darcy recently opened an online managed account service for retail investors. Can Greenblatt's star power take asset management online? ...

Is the Bloom Off the Ivies? 

By Brad Zigler

In the wake of last year's poor results, is the Yale Model of endowment investing passe?...

Fired Up About Fees 

Christina Mucciolo

For the past half-decade or more, financial advisors have been shifting from commissions to fees as they seek steadier revenue flows, pursue greater flexibility...

Gurus 

By David A. Geracioti

Note to President Obama: Learn from FDR’s mistakes. A conversation with author Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, a narrative about how the New Deal actually inhibited economic recovery....

Short Selling Made Easy 

By Stan Luxenberg

Hedging with ETFs....

Great Expectations, Disappointing Realities 

By John Churchill

Booming stock markets in the last five years saw many RIA firms sell a portion of their future cash flows in return for cash and stock in the acquiring firm. But as the stock market collapses, many RIAs who sold stakes to “roll-up” firms are scrambling to pay quarterly preferred disbursements....