Close to half of advisers who recommend closed end mutual funds to their clients admit that research on most of the funds is 'inadequate.' This is not exactly a confidence-builder.
Milev says rise in price of crude boosting country to No. 1 choice among emerging European markets
Dale Harvey of Poplar Forest Partners prefers cheap and out-of-favor stocks
It's taken over three years, but loan approvals for small businesses are back to pre-crisis levels.
Independent financial advisers slam his economic policies; Reagan still the man
As much of the world frantically adjusts to rising commodities prices, this might seem like a good time to jump into one of the many commodity-based exchange-traded funds introduced over the past several years
If an investor can hang on during short-term periods of underperformance, it turns out the old buy-and-hold argument for well-managed mutual funds may be right after all. That's one of the key take-aways of research conducted by Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.
Escalating political unrest in Libya proved to be the tipping point last week for a U.S. stock market that might have been looking for an excuse to pull back from an extended rally.
With volatility in the financial markets creeping up last week in the wake of the unrest in Egypt, this is not a time for knee-jerk investment decisions, according to money managers and market analysts
