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S&P: Two sectors (and three fund picks) for a rising-interest-rate environment
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 26, 2010
S&P: Two sectors (and three fund picks) for a rising-interest-rate environment

Whenever the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System decides to start raising interest rates, investors should look to the technology and health care sectors as the biggest likely beneficiaries, according to new research from Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 20, 2010
How to invest ahead of rising rates

With interest rates at historic lows and no place to go but up, it behooves investors to have a strategy in place ahead of a rate hike cycle that is likely to begin this year.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 02, 2010
Consider a new approach to emerging-markets investing

To tap into the potential of some of the world's fastest-growing economies, investors need to look beyond the broad emerging-markets categories and start paying attention to the specific sectors and industries that actually drive performance.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 18, 2010
BlackRock's Jeff Lindsey: Choosing stocks in a choosy market

The current environment is most definitely a stock-picker's market, says the firm's managing director. His advice? Focus more on company fundamentals than sectors or the economy

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 10, 2010
Keith Goddard: Look for a 'smart' rally in tech

The growth of mobile Internet usage via smart phones and tablet computers is poised to drive the next major technology cycle, according to Keith Goddard, president and chief investment officer of Capital Advisors Inc.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 08, 2010
S&P indexes to change after acquisitions

Standard & Poor's said Wednesday it is changing the makeup of its indices after a number of acquisitions.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 02, 2010
Bond giant Pimco plans to build up its active-equity capability

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC is planning to build active-equity-management capability, possibly by lifting an existing team from a rival firm, according to sources familiar with the company.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 16, 2010
Will health insurance reform and unemployment weigh on the markets?

Listen to Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc., offer predictions for stock market returns in this one-on-one podcast interview with InvestmentNews senior editor Jeff Benjamin.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 01, 2010
To keep riding the rally, follow the smart money

Catching a ride on the next leg of this historic 10-month stock market rally will mean following the smart money, mostly represented by institutional-class investors, toward a new concentration on quality and calculated risk.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 27, 2010
More bounce for U.S. stocks, predicts Marketfield's Aronstein

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 24, 2010
Harry Rady: Short-sale targets like 'shooting fish in a barrel'

Finding stocks to sell short is like “shooting fish in a barrel,” according to Harry Rady, chief executive and portfolio manager at Rady Asset Management LLC.

Equity traders worried dark pools could dry up under new regs
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 21, 2009
Equity traders worried dark pools could dry up under new regs

Unintended consequences of capital markets regulation or legislation are the biggest fears harbored by equity traders at money management firms, a new report from consulting firm TABB Group says

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 15, 2009
MSCI to buy RiskMetrics for about $1.55B

MSCI Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to buy RiskMetrics Group Inc. for about $1.55 billion in cash and stock in a deal between companies that provide support services to financial companies.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 08, 2009
Advisers discount CIT's troubles

Although CIT Group Inc.'s impending Chapter 11 bankruptcy is unlikely to halt the renewed popularity of financial sector stocks, advisers remain leery of investing in banks and other lenders.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 01, 2009
Heavy cost cutting brightens outlook for many U.S. stocks

There's plenty of money-making opportunities right here in the USA, despite the sluggish economy, according to some industry observers.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 01, 2009
Legislation causes boom in health care tech market

In whatever way Congress and the Obama administration eventually change the national health care system, there is one segment of the health care market where reform has already begun and is gaining momentum.

S&P gives low marks to active domestic equity funds
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 20, 2009
S&P gives low marks to active domestic equity funds

Actively managed domestic equity mutual funds underperformed their benchmarks for the past five years, according to Standard & Poor's Index vs. Active Fund Scorecard released today.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 22, 2009
All-bond allocation unwise despite equity jitters, says Ibbotson

Despite the superior performance of fixed-income assets recently, an all-bond asset allocation is unlikely to deliver investors the returns they need in the future, according to analysis released by Ibbotson Associates, the research division of Morningstar Inc. of Chicago.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 28, 2009
Battered equity boutiques broaden focus to bonds

Some well-known equity boutiques have begun offering bond strategies this year, diversifying their portfolios after the market collapse focused attention on the ability of money management companies to cope with severe downturns.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 24, 2009
What if stocks are not for the long run?

Lubos Pastor may upend the world of equity investing. In his recent academic paper “Are stocks really less volatile in the long run?” the professor at the college's Booth School of Business argues that stocks are riskier than generally perceived.