With yields on money-market funds near zero, some investors are dabbling with riskier types of short-term investments--a move many swore they'd never repeat after 2008.
Financial Services Overhaul Getting Closer
December should be a busy month for those involved with overhauling the U.S. financial services industry...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Morningstar Inc. has announced its nominees for a new award-Morningstar Fund Manager of the Decade.
by
Eric Rasmussen
Corporate bonds offered great opportunity earlier in the year, but now that yields have fallen, investors are rethinking strategy.
by Michelle Knight
Retirement-age investors need not resign themselves to a portfolio of Treasury bonds with pitifully low yields.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Standard & Poor's indexes have outperformed actively
managed funds for the five years ended June 30 based on equal-weighted averages,
but it's a different story using asset-weighted averages.
by
Ray Fazzi
ProFunds Group has launched an ETF designed to provide short
exposure to long-term U.S. treasury bonds.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
A couple has filed a claim against Merrill Lynch seeking $5 million in
damages because they say their accounts were overloaded with preferred
stock.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Optimism reigned throughout the second quarter as investor sentiment
thawed and many began reallocating capital to alternative
funds, according to a new report.
by Marla Brill
Consistency and a remarkable lack of surprises have been the hallmarks of this bond fund.
Van Eck Offers Alternative Mutual Fund
Van Eck Global, a money manager that offers diversification through global investing, is creating the Van Eck Multi-Manager...
by J. Michael Martin
If MPT and the stock market are hurting your business, here are some things you can do about it.
Invesco Aim Launches Balanced-Risk Fund
Invesco Aim, an independent global investment management company based in Houston, is launching the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
U.S. economic woes and stock market volatility have prompted changes in
the investment and social behaviors of high-net-worth Americans, says a
new survey of CPA financial advisors.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Almost half of U.S. millionaires do not feel wealthy but do feel confident to invest in the stock market, according to a new Fidelity survey.
by
Jeff Schlegel
Unusually generous yield spreads make corporate bonds attractive.
MoneyAisle.com Shows Competing CD Rates
Financial advisors can view competing CD rate offers from numerous banks in real time through
by Bruce W. Fraser
Prices on high-quality corporate bond issues represent a buying opportunity for advisors ...
