Passively managed target date funds outsold actively managed target date funds for the first time last year. Will the trend continue?
Bond strategist looks beyond the Fed to explain market's volatility
Rick Ferri's firm finds that the more active funds held, the higher the underperformance
Stocks, bonds retreat amid fears that central bankers are easing up on stimulus programs
The performance of traditional dividend-paying bond-like stocks, such as utilities, are sagging as interest rates edge up. Flat earnings won't help, either.
It's tough times for Bill Gross and his Total Return Fund, which turned out its worst performance ever last month -- and saw record outflows, to boot. The bond king's advice? Don't jump ship.
Market strategist is positive both on gold and stocks
Portfolio performs as forecast but provides no cushion for operations.
Record withdrawals wipe out nearly half the money deposited in debt funds in the first five months of the year
Bond investors are getting a glimpse of what's coming — and it ain't pretty. Advisers are getting jittery.
Nick Schorsch's American Realty Capital Trust IV strikes $1.45 billion deal with GE Capital for a tasty portfolio of properties. The deal comes hot on the heels of an $807 million purchase for his traded REIT last Friday.
Historical patterns -- and current economic conditions -- suggest that all the talk of a bond-market beatdown may be off the mark. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20130520/FREE/520009999/PH>10 top short-term bond funds</a>
Bitcoin, the digital currency and investment phenomenon that's up 1,000% this year, plummeted on Wednesday afternoon. Jason Kephart looks at what went wrong.
Visits to open-outcry market in Zimbabwe typical for this high-flying — and much flying — fund manager
Lousy performance could mean more volatility, observers say; 'that's how these things get legs'
It's good times in the nontraded REIT industry. The lastest sign: ARCP boss Nick Schorsch plans to stage yet another 'liquidity' event — this time, taking a REIT brokerage public.
