Warren E. Buffett's determination that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) shares are cheap enough to buy back may mean that the S&P 500 also is a bargain.
As all eyes focused on the equity markets, one easily overlooked development yesterday was the Treasury's 30-year bond auction. Guess which player didn't take part?
While institutions have been moving money out of riskier assets and into safe havens — including, remarkably, Treasuries — retail investors have been bailing out of U.S. government debt.
The stock market's <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110804/FREE/110809935>slide in the last two weeks</a> is being embraced as a “selective” buying opportunity by Melissa Chadwick-Dunn, part of the four-person team managing the RS Small Cap Growth Fund Ticker:(RSEGX).
With the dark cloud of economic uncertainty hanging over Washington, one could make a solid case for the Advisory Research International Small Cap Value Fund Ticker:(ADVIX), which limits exposure to the U.S. dollar by investing primarily on foreign exchanges.
Ibbotson Associates Inc. looked at 21 major target date fund families and found that a target date fund's asset allocation generally becomes more conservative as employees age.
Gold may advance to a record $1,600 an ounce this year as investors seek to protect their wealth from Europe's sovereign-debt crisis, boosting demand, according to Scotia Capital.
Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. has hired Susan M. Dixon, former branch manager of Smith Barney's Laguna Niguel, Calif., office, to open a Stifel branch in Irvine, Calif.
New unit named after maker of bank's trademark stage coach
If Main Street blames Washington for debt rating and market decline, Congress could feel constituents' wrath
