Chalk up another hard-earned lesson from the financial crisis: Investors in limited partnerships, the structure of choice for most alternative investments, discovered that giving up liquidity in exchange for higher returns wasn't such a good idea after all.
The cost of protecting U.S. corporate bonds from default has fallen below yield premiums by the most since January as concern ebbs that the world's largest economy will lapse back into recession, giving Pacific Investment Management Co. more reason to snap up bank debt.
The Investment Company Institute has slammed assertions around mutual fund fees made by kaChing Group Inc., continuing an online sparring match between the two.
KaChing Group Inc's online service — touted as an alternative to mutual funds — may still be in its infancy. But kaChing today announced it has secured $7.5 million in financing.
If you're unhappy with your mutual fund, you can easily find another. After all, there are nearly 8,000 to choose from.
Investors looking for more exposure to global markets can increasingly look to U.S. stocks, according to Eric Ende, manager of the FPA Perennial Fund Ticker:(FPPFX).
The following are remarks delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission member Elisse B. Walter on Sept. 21 in San Francisco at the SEC's inaugural hearing on the state of the municipal-securities market
BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest manager of exchange-traded funds, named Russ Koesterich to the new position of global chief investment strategist for its iShares unit.
S&P five-star ranked Mairs & Power Growth Fund has, over the past year, consistently been top-ranked within S&P's coverage universe, and garners positive performance analytics, risk considerations, and cost factors scores
With stricter capital requirements, banks may shy away from purchasing municipal debt
Steven Romick says he aims to beat the market when stocks are falling and underperform by a smaller margin when they're rising.
U.S. regulators said mutual funds aren't telling investors enough about why they use derivatives, with some funds providing “generic” disclosures and others failing to explain how the products affect performance.
American Century Investments is discussing launching global bond funds for international and U.S. investors
IT industry jumps ahead of banks in total payouts to shareholders 'excess cash'
Warren Buffett says China's BYD Co. has “momentum.” It may have more to do with his name than the company's.
Jeffrey Gundlach hasn't lost his investment magic — or his famous ego — while running DoubleLine Capital LP, the money manager he formed after his highly publicized firing from TCW Group last December
New accounting standards proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board would give index funds a substantial advantage over actively managed funds, observers contend
Morningstar Inc., a Chicago-based research firm, may stop rating leveraged and inverse exchange- traded funds on a scale of one to five stars because of concerns about their suitability for individual investors.
U.S. One Inc. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to offer exchange-traded funds that invest in individual U.S. and foreign-listed securities.
ETF providers are lobbying for tighter restrictions on market orders as regulators consider additional rules to avert another “flash crash.”
