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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2017
Are music royalties a new alternative investment?

You can get income for a song, but the length of the stream can be hard to predict.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 14, 2017
Activists add tailwinds to closed-end funds

Persistent discounts have often caught the eye of activist investors

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 13, 2017
A shares live on, despite some hefty upfront sales charges

Most of the funds are top performers in their categories over the past five years.

INVESTING ESG JUL 10, 2017
ESG investors like gains as much as anyone else

Flows into environmental, social and governance funds often follow performance.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 08, 2017
Will new smart-beta strategies boost target-date funds' performance?

Some money managers are adding smart-beta strategies to win a bigger slice of the TDF pie. But will they stimulate advisers' hunger?

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 07, 2017
Fidelity: Will Goldilocks market have a happy ending?

Analyst at the money manager says high returns and low volatility are not normal.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 06, 2017
Dominated by women, tech-heavy fund is up 36% on the year

Seattle-based Zevenbergen Genea observes what products consumers are gravitating to when picking stocks.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 05, 2017
Growth funds soar in first six months of 2017

Large-cap technology, consumer discretionary and health-care were the standouts in the first half.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 2017
Dan Wiener, Vanguard's gadfly, has keen eye on investing

Newsletter editor and co-founder of a money management firm uses tart observations to help build his practice.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 23, 2017
Fed nudges savings rates higher

Cash getting a little less trashy.