U.S. Equity

Five Fund Firms Rank High In Informing Advisors

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Five out of 17 mutual fund firms studied by Corporate Insight were judged to provide a comprehensive set of Web-based tools to keep advisors informed of market changes. 

Many Millionaires Now Ready To Invest

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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.

Growth At A Discount

by Raymond Fazzi

Global financial misery has a lot of large-cap growth investors thinking in terms of value.

A Necessary Evil

by James Picerno

It's not easy to forecast risk premiums ...but you have to.

New Global Sustainability Fund Introduced

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TD Asset Management has launched a global sustainability fund for institutional investors.

Buy And Hold Under Fire

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Back in February, I spent an hour interviewing FPA's Robert Rodriguez, who made no effort to disguise his contempt for advisors, pension consultants and others who had dropped his fund because he...

Perception And Reality

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Selected funds' Chris Davis explains why bear markets can provide huge opportunities. 

Siegel: S&P Methodology Is Flawed

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Does Standard & Poor's underestimate the earnings of its S&P 500 Index? Or does a prominent finance scholar deserve an "F" in index arithmetic?

Clean Alternatives

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A longtime skeptic of the hedge fund industry, Thomas Meyer uses a more transparent path to alternative investments: open-end mutual funds. 

We're All Value Investors Now

by James Picerno

The financial literature is moving closer to what Ben Graham discovered long ago: Fundamental value matters.

Outlook 2009

by Alan Lavine

Managers are guardedly optimistic on equities, but find bonds even more appealing ...

Infrastructure Hitting Pay Dirt?

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When one thinks of infrastructure and the economy, the Depression-era WPA comes to mind-the romantic notion of ...

A Decade Of Pain

by Andrew Gluck

Vanguard Group's Fran Kinniry addresses why what some call the lost decade for equities shouldn't cause clients to bail at just the wrong time.

Living In A Discount World

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Value investors take stock in a downtrodden market.

Advisor Emporium

FTSE Expands Environmental Indexes FTSE Group is expanding its FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series with the addition of nine new indexes designed to appeal to...

Time For Caution

by Marla Brill

Manager Tom Perkins believes now may not be the time to buy most equities.

Digging For Dividends Worldwide

by Bruce W. Fraser

Steady cash flow and payout increases are possible even in a tough market.

Where Are We Headed?

by Eric Uhlfelder

This year will be remembered as one of the worst investors have ever known. Extreme caution is required before moving back into the markets in 2009.

In The Basement

by Alan Lavine

Discounts on closed-end funds are greater than they've been in decades.