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U.S. at dawn of ‘dividend renaissance,’ says fund manager

Corporate payouts still low by historical measures, says Foss; plenty of cash on balance sheets

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Wien, Birinyi, Golub: Now is time to get back into the market

The $1 trillion erased from U.S. equities last month has left bulls from Byron Wien to Laszlo Birinyi…

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Pimco’s new closed-end fund raises $1 billion

Forget Facebook, Pimco just completed the largest closed-end-fund IPO in two years with the $1 billion Dynamic Income Fund

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Investor psyche at tipping point as unemployment climbs

Businesses added smallest number of workers in a year; approaching stall speed

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Bleak outlook means opportunity … to a point

Speakers at a gathering of Hatteras Funds advisers chimed in on the markets

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Best- and worst-performing equity funds

   Large-cap growth Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return…

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Jobs data, troubles in Europe vex market

A fresh batch of bad U.S. economic news, combined with the continuing European debt crisis, dealt the stock…

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Merrill: Guarding against the ‘triple threat’ to investor portfolios

The following is excerpted from a report by the Chief Investment Officer Team for Merrill Lynch Wealth…

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Merrill: 12 portfolio ideas for 2012

The following is excerpted from a report by the Chief Investment Officer Team for Merrill Lynch…

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Merrill: Opportunities abound in German equities

The following is excerpted from monthly commentary by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. As we approached mid-month in…

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Dividend-paying stocks pay yet another dividend: Price increases

With bond yields at historic lows, investors have turned to dividend-paying stocks as a source of investment income.

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Niche practice offers shield for advisers

Financial advisers who want to build their business by developing a niche can start by raising their public…

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Federated big: Stocks will take off next year — regardless of who’s in the White House

Orlando says equities still greatly undervalued: stocks 'the only game in town'

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Chart of the day: Where Facebook’s market cap falls in the top 25

Today is the day. No, not the day that Jamie Dimon finally gets a reprieve from the financial…

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Feeling lucky? Google investors not optimistic about dividend

Tech titan sitting on a mountain of cash, but so far, shareholders haven't seen any of it; stock price down, too

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Facebook expected to price at $38 — minimum

Facebook Inc. is close to pricing its initial public offering for at least $38 a share, according to people familiar with the matter.

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LPL: Who’s buying and who’s selling stocks right now

The following is the weekly market commentary from Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist for LPL Financial. We…

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Ex-NFL star Willie Gault accused of stock-pumping fraud

Former olympian, NFL star Willie Gault has been accused by the SEC of taking part in a scheme to artificially inflate the stock of a medical-device company that he managed.

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Market’s hot streak turns cool on European woes, JPM loss

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s disclosure last week that it had sustained $2 billion in trading losses is one…

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Reasons to be bullish on J.P. Morgan, energy

Ed Cowart, portfolio co-manager of equity income and value strategies at Eagle Asset Management, the $19.5-billion asset management unit of Raymond James, offers up his thoughts on a few market sectors that are catching his eye.