Spahr, three other Columbia Funds vets, sign on; 'no room for closet indexers'
Top prognosticators way off the mark last year; 'fear du jour'
Amid a rising equity market, U.S. investors mostly have headed for the exits in 2012
Latest salvo in battle for market share
Five shops agree to $3.35 million Finra fines, $1.13 million in restitution.
On Monday, management at the very popular Timberland REIT took an ax to the trust's stock, lowering the per share valuation by 35%. Here's why.
A new white paper from Invesco's Richard Golod, Director, Global, Investment Strategies
As the clock ticks down on the final day of 2012, the financial markets show a glimmer of hope that Washington will get its act together and reach some kind of agreement ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff.
Frequent conversations with private clients reveal their desire to diversify into foreign currencies seeking to protect their purchasing power from a long-term decline in the value of the dollar. Yet, as a general rule, currencies as an asset class have not been embraced by private clients, and play no material role in their overall asset allocation. Why the disconnect? Samson Capital Advisors explores in this new white paper.
Agency wants funds using commodities to register with it.
Firms with alts like BlackRock, JPMorgan have muscle to seize the opportunity
More discussion of the Mayan calendar? Nope, those words were spoken today about the muni market, which is having its roughest time since Meredith Whitney's dire prediction in 2010.
Munis look to be marginally unfavorable not because of state and city finance issues, but expected yields compared to other taxable bonds.
