At a time when the markets are plagued by sluggish economic growth and unnerving debt burdens, some prominent funds are avoiding major categories of stocks or bonds....
Small fry money managers are making significant in-roads into the fund marketplace, with 20 of the 25 fastest-growing fund firms having less than $5 billion in assets under management a year ago...
Should you pay attention to Morningstar’s star ratings? No, say a growing number of advisors. The stars are based on risk-adjusted past performance, and the past doesn’t necessarily predict the future, the advisors say. Instead of trying to pick tomorrow’s winning active managers, it pays to rely on index funds. ...
Many investors have given up on active funds because they figure that it’s too hard to pick winners. Before you throw in the towel, consider some new research that can help to predict future stars. ...
Socially responsible funds all seek to invest in businesses that are good corporate citizens. But the funds rarely agree on which stocks pass the test. The Gulf oil spill has served to highlight the differences in strategies. ...
Considered by some to be a latecomer to the ETF party, Vanguard yesterday beefed up its exchange traded fund and mutual fund offerings. In keeping with its philosophy of shaving costs for investors, the expense ratio on the 500 Index Fund ETF is a niggling 0.06 percent. ...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been carefully signaling that the Fed stands ready to raise interest rates this year if the economy continues to mend. For bond funds that could be bad news. ...
The FT reports today that “overseas investors bought up Japanese equities at the fastest pace in three years in January as global asset managers rebalanced portfolios towards the country’s equity market from underweight positions.” For more, please go to VonAldo.com, the blog of Registered Rep. Editor-in-Chief David A. Geracioti...
In trying to fathom the amount of capital that financial firms have destroyed since last summer, I called an acquaintance who used to work at Merrill Lynch....
There was a time when the institutional side of a securities firm would walk with a swagger. After all, it was you, the retail financial advisor, who...
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Let's face it. Choosing an independent broker/dealer to join isn't easy. There are literally thousands, and each firm claims to offer the best. In a continuing...
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Kuwait. Singapore. Russia. China. The government investment funds of these countries, and several others, may have saved our financial system from severe...
Long a Favorite of Investors in Europe, structured products are rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. Last year, $114 billion in structured...
With markets soaring last year in places such as India and Turkey, investors poured cash into international funds. Of the $6.6 trillion invested in equity...
When markets turn down, the hated short sellers appear. The volume of short sales bets that stocks will drop spiked after technology shares began collapsing...
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