Orlando says equities still greatly undervalued: stocks 'the only game in town'
Study shows institutional investors have moved beyond thinking 'active or passive' when using ETFs; a learning moment?
Collateral damage from $2B hit could extend to self-regulation, hurt SRO bill
Remarkable growth in product offerings; 20% allocation coming, predicts research firm
Economist says euro a goner, while U.S. facing a fiscal cliff; grass always 'browner'
Tech titan sitting on a mountain of cash, but so far, shareholders haven't seen any of it; stock price down, too
In the search for income, investors are piling into dividend-paying REITs, driving up prices and poleaxing yields. How crowded is it in there? Said one Morningstar analyst: Property trust valuations are 'just nuts.'
Kiesel not calling the bottom, but sees a number of positive signs; 'ultimate inflation hedge if you buy cheap'
Purchases minority stake in Canadian asset manager Hexavest
Facebook Inc. is close to pricing its initial public offering for at least $38 a share, according to people familiar with the matter.
Plenty of early investors mde a lot of money off FaceBook's IPO. One of the biggest winners: U2's Bono, whose PE firm invested $90M in the company in 2009. The payback? $1.5 billion. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120518/BLOG06/120519928>25 largest listed companies: Where Facebook ranks</a> &raquo;
RS growth fund splits investments between companies that are promising, developing and proven; fund up 7.4% this year
Commission claims optionsXpress unit OX Trading operated as unregistered dealer; ex-CFO also named
Nontraded REIT Retail Properties went public last week. But the offering price for Retail, whose tenants include Best Buy and Wal-Mart, was below what was expected. And a reverse stock split dramatically watered down the share price. Result? Investors who bought in a decade ago at $10 now own stock worth less than three bucks.
Investment in nontraditional assets can produce solid returns and help smooth volatility, says Fortigent's Welch
Mary Schapiro insists that money-market funds need more reforming. Her most likely plan: eliminating the artificial $1 share peg. But the money fund industry is pulling out all the stops in a desperate bid to stop the SEC chairman. And sources say the fund firms may be winning the fight.
