Going forward, the fixed-income environment may favor more sophisticated active approaches, such as flexible 'best ideas' strategies.
Companies aren't noted for their savvy when it comes to buying back shares.
Only a few see big inflows; even Vanguard's offerings get little love from investors.
Bank plans to slash minimum buy-in to $100,000 from $10 million.
'Professionals pretty much everywhere will probably outperform amateurs.'
Growth has outperformed value in recent decades, but higher rates and more normal volatility levels could give value investments a boost.
The PowerShares QQQ Trust Series ETF took in more than $2 billion last week
Demand at short end could ease funding costs and make stocks look better by comparison.
New regulation requiring brokers to disclose their markup or markdown on corporate and municipal bonds goes into effect today.
About $5.7 billion poured into ETFs tracking the S&P 500 last week
Only a few see big inflows; even Vanguard's offerings get little love from investors.
If we look at the past 30 years, large-company growth funds have gained an average 9.23% a year, while large-company value funds have gained 9.01% a year.
An expanding middle class is fueling economies, but emerging market indexes are light on consumer stocks.
Nearly 95% of net TDF inflows in 2017 went to passive series, Morningstar says.
Every factor involves uncertainty, regardless of whether it works during a certain period.
<b>Investments & Wealth Institute Conference </b>Bubbles are rare, but advisers need to watch out for them.
Fixed-income expert on whether this is the beginning of a secular bear market in bonds.
At current levels, the market has already priced in three more Fed rate hikes, Jeff Moore argues.
Advisers must know the benefits and pitfalls of common alts.
Tech stocks and cryptocurrencies are bubbles, he says, while foreign and emerging markets offer better long-term value
