Although much has been said about a possible bond bubble in the United States, there also may be one brewing in certain parts of the emerging-markets sector, according to Michael Cirami, vice president and a global fixed-income portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Management
Brazil's stock market may surge as much as 70 percent to a record by the end of 2011 as low interest rates worldwide and “reasonable” valuations lure investors, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mohamed A. El-Erian said business is booming at the world's largest manager of bond funds and that isn't a good sign for the U.S. economy.
Bruce Berkowitz is the founder and managing member of Fairholme Capital Management LLC, and is president and a director of Fairholme Funds Inc.
Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose firm runs the world's biggest mutual fund, says sovereign wealth funds are poised to profit from a reshaping of the global economy known as the “new normal.”
U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, are up 15% in the three and a half months since the beginning of the second half of 2010
Managed-futures funds represent the most popular category among alternative strategies, according to the latest research from BarclayHedge Ltd.
Vanguard reduces its rake for two million customers. The move, says one fund industry watcher, 'puts some heat' on rival Fidelity.
Brokerage TD Ameritrade has begun offering commission-free ETF trades on more than 100 different funds that have bee chosen by Morningstar.
Nine-month return double that of the S&P 500; 'growing optimism'
State security officials say they're ramping up oversight of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. The chief worry? Brokers themselves may not understand how the complex products actually work.
Global markets are heading for an “important turning point” as interest rates begin to rise within about three months and the U.S. dollar gains, according to investor Marc Faber.
The trustee for Bernard Madoff's investment-advisory business won a $180 million default judgment against Vizcaya Partners Ltd. over claims the hedge fund profited from the conman's fraud.
American Funds, which is a unit of The Capital Group Cos. Inc., has come out with only two mutual funds in the past decade. The new offering, called the American Funds Global Balanced Fund, is set to make its debut Feb. 1.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold stakes in Home Depot Inc. and CarMax Inc. and cut its holding of Nike Inc. as the billionaire replaced a retiring investment manager and built the company's cash holdings.
Retirement plan advisers and record keepers should have an out, the groups contend
“We're only halfway along the way to a gigantic eventual bubble in the emerging markets,” says Barton Biggs, the managing partner of New York-based hedge-fund firm Traxis Partners LLC. And he's not alone in his belief.
Newsletter editor skewers firm's handling of U.S Growth Fund
Famed investor looks to gain more flexibility with latest Fairholme offering. Says one industry watcher: “It's like going back to the days of old with a mutual fund that will make you money by going anywhere."
