ETFs, not high-frequency trading, pose the greatest
danger to stock-market stability and may trigger more disruptions like
the May 6 selloff, according to the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City.
The high-frequency trading industry, now accounting for the majority of
U.S. stock trades, is stepping out of the shadows in Washington.
by Nick Murray
Everyone can buy equities. No one can keep them. What is the advisor to do?
by Marla Brill
Undervalued U.S. and Japanese companies, high-yield bonds, tech stocks and gold bullion are all on the menu at IVA Worldwide Fund.
Steve Leuthold says he boosted his
stock holdings and may invest as much as 70 percent in equities because
the market is poised to reach a new 2010 high.
Meredith Whitney, the analyst who jumped to celebrity from
obscurity by correctly predicting Citigroup Inc.'s dividend cut, is
having less success divining stock market winners and losers.
Brown University's investments rose 10% in the year ended June
30, beating the 8.9% return of Yale University and trailing the
11% gain of Harvard University.
Investors are rediscovering preferred shares, lured by eye-popping dividend yields.
U.S. lawmakers are on the verge of
a long-awaited mutual-fund tax overhaul that could be a real help to
individual investors.
by
Jeff Schlegel
Deal volume is up, but performance is iffy. Upcoming deals include GM, LPL and maybe Facebook.
by Eric Uhlfelder
How can investors profit in a market without apparent trends?
by Marla Brill
To find solid natural resource investments, this manager looks for companies with low production costs and attractive geological assets.
The SEC may seek sanctions against two former State Street executives accused of misleading investors in a bond fund with securities backed by subprime mortgages.
Vanguard overtook Fidelity as the largest U.S. mutual-fund company by assets earlier this year as a result of its persistence and sagging investor faith in active investing.
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest mutual fund at Pimco, said the planned exodus of hedge-fund icon
Stanley Druckenmiller helps mark the end of the "old normal" for
investing.
Few pieces I've ever written generated as much interest as Financial
Advisor's Big Picture column in the September issue on Roger Ibbotson's
research into the amazing premium the stock market...
Boring works in this erratic market-and sometimes it's exciting.
(Dow Jones) Closed-end shareholders' dividends could be less if a ratings proposal by Standard & Poor's becomes a reality.
(Dow Jones) Financial firms are wishing they had more time to prepare their trading
systems for a new restriction on short selling that will hit the market
in just seven weeks.
Companies in the U.S. are raising less this year from initial public
offerings than any time in at least a decade compared with the amount
they filed to sell.
