Pacific Investment Management Co...
Standard & Poor's will say that Germany and France may be stripped
of their AAA credit ratings as the debt crisis prompts all 17 euro
nations to be put on review for possible downgrade, two...
With less than a month to go, returns in the U.S. bond market are poised
to reach the highest in nine years, even as the amount of U.S...
by Robert Laura
Advisors can ask themselves five questions to determine the value they add to each client relationship that's beyond investment performance.
by Marla Brill
ETF assets have more than quadrupled since 2004, but mutual funds are still favored by advisors.
by Maureen Nevin Duffy
In the bond arena, emerging-market and high-yield offerings are top performers.
by
Jim McConville
Raymond James Financial Services Inc. has lost an appeal of a $1...
Stocks surged, extending the biggest three-day rally in global equities
since 2009, and the euro strengthened as six central banks made
additional funds available to ease strains from Europe's...
Junk bonds are poised to extend their lead over U.S. equities into a
fifth year as debt investors bet that the American economy will keep
expanding even if profit growth slows.
Stock pickers in the U.S. have suffered half a trillion dollars in
withdrawals since they started losing ground to index-tracking funds
five years ago...
An ex-Charles Schwab Corp. investment company manager agreed
to pay a civil fine to resolve an SEC lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors in its
YieldPlus fund.
Despite the supercommittee announcement slated for later today, Europe
in crisis and high unemployment, speakers at the recent ING investment
outlook session were optimistic.
Investors undeterred by the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history
added money to municipal-bond mutual funds for a sixth straight week.
Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest mutual fund, said Europe poses the biggest risk to the U.S. economy.
by Juliette Fairley
MFS CIO James Swanson says companies are beating estimates and consumer finances have improved, but economic threats exist.
SEC investigators need additional tools
to adequately police market advances such as high-frequency and
algorithmic trading, the agency's enforcement chief said.
by
Kathy Lynch
Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and former first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, joins FSIC's board.
Four years after faulty ratings helped trigger the worst financial
crisis since the Great Depression, Moody's and Standard & Poor's are
as dominant as ever as
new competition promised by...
State and local governments are unlikely to experience a "material
increase" in municipal defaults during the next three to five years,
according to a study by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
by
Karen DeMasters
Dividend-paying stocks may look attractive in a low-yield market but
they are not a substitute for the safety of bonds, according to
Vanguard's chief economist.
