Exchange-traded funds may be all the rage, but closures of ETFs are up 500% since 2007. Here are some warning signs that a fund may be headed for that great pooled asset in the sky.
With fund firms launching a seemingly endless parade of exchange-traded funds, a dark side to this glut of offerings is emerging: Portfolio liquidations, once rare, are becoming more common
Research firm aims to barge into the ratings biz for exchange-traded funds; rival doing some revising as well
Flows into Van Eck could be due to some shorting, though other investors may sense potential buying opportunity; country 'too big to fail'
Brokerage plans to charge fund firms by assets on its platform -- not accounts.
Vanguard decided to drop Axa Rosenberg as the manager of its $8.9 billion Explorer Fund Ticker:(VEXPX), the $492 million U.S. Value Fund Ticker:(VUVLX) and the $84 million Market Neutral Fund Ticker:( VMNFX).
T. Rowe Price Group Inc., The Vanguard Group and American Funds are among the managers of the top Section 529 college savings plans, according to Morningstar's new 529 ratings, which it released today.
More families are seeking the help of financial advisers when it comes to saving for college, but fewer reps are talking to them about Section 529 college savings plans, according to a Fidelity Investments survey released today.
Regulators are clamping down on municipal bond isssuers related to political contributions they or their employees have made in states where they have underwritten bonds
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a 77 year-old Amish financial adviser with defrauding his fellow Amish in an investment scheme that allegedly went on for 24 years.
