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Exchange-traded products are allowing investors low-cost access to asset classes previously available only to institutional investors.
Moody's says the sector is both vulnerable and attractive to those seeking to disrupt the national grid
Asset manager cuts expenses on nine mutual funds, after a string of ETF fee cuts by Charles Schwab and BlackRock. <b><i>(Related read: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20160628/FREE/160629906/fidelity-takes-on-vanguard-by-cutting-prices-on-index-funds-etfs"" target="”blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fidelity takes on Vanguard by cutting prices</a>)</i></b>
A 24% gain since January and an 8% drop since July
Some financial advisers question the idea of having a bond-free portfolio
How to deal with clients when your smart beta ETF recommendation goes south.
Index tweak forces ETF providers to get creative.
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Complaint naming Jackie Wadsworth, CEO of IMS Securities, centers around sale of VAs and real estate securities.
The yield on the bellwether 10-year Treasury note has jumped from 1.37% in early July to 1.70 Thursday.
The deal creates a global active management complex with $320 billion under management.
The German bank's riskiest bonds also declined after a media report said the German government wouldn't step in to back the lender, fueling investor concerns about its weakened finances.
First post-merger mutual fund already filed.
Unless, of course, you want to beat the S&P 500 over the long term.
Industry trade group, as well as some mutual fund giants, push back against Financial Stability Board's proposal for stress tests.
Expanded distribution, consolidation and some lower fees expected.
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A new paper claims that a lot of the gains reaped by the legendary managers over time were, in theory, available to anyone using a handful of buy-and-sell signals.
