Exchange-traded funds are in the right place at the right time, according to the results of an investor survey conducted by The Charles Schwab Corp.
Kenneth Heebner, whose CGM Focus Fund was one of the top-performing U.S. stock mutual funds over the past decade, bought shares of Morgan Stanley as the bank posted its biggest quarterly drop since 1998
Don't make the mistake of assuming the growth of Internet retail sales is the beginning of the end for retail stores.
The 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are expected to increase their annual dividend payouts by an average of 11.8% over the third quarter of 2010 and by 1.1% over the second quarter of this year.
To hear it from the perspective of retail-sector real estate specialists, it might be easy to assume that the U.S. economy is moving full-steam ahead, and that bodes well for investors in retail properties, particularly outlet centers
Emerging market guru says woes on continent won't drag world into recession; 'don't see a let-up in demand'
To start the Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
In what the firm calls its “most significant change” to its tactical asset allocation in two years, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC's global investment committee is adopting an overweight position in safe havens and underweight position in risk assets
Don't see magic fading following passing of company co-founder; 'creative spirit is still there'
Dollar, Treasuries, stock market all up since S&P lowered AAA rating; flight to quality made unexpected landing
Seventh straight month of net outflows; bond funds a different story
Funds rely on leverage, synthetics to amp up performance
Unconstrained debt fund down 1.8% this year; missed bond rally back home
Uncle Sam's paper up 26% this year; given troubles in Europe, demand not 'waning anytime soon'
With stock trading down, the major online brokerage firms continue to ramp up their options-trading capabilities. While futures generate sizable commissions, critics worry that the use of greater leverage could leave less-sophisticated investors wondering where their money went.
Worried clients pulling out of equity, plumping up debt investments
Bill Miller's decision to relinquish the reigns of Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust in April is unlikely to herald big changes in how the $2.8 billion fund is being run, according to the fund's incoming lead manager, Sam Peters
Government-backed mortgages could be the next best alternative to cash, according Jeff Dutra, manager of the $830 million ING GNMA Income Fund.
Up 13% after Citigroup analyst said insurer can withstand mortgage-related losses
Legendary fund manager Bill Miller finally gave up the ghost, unloading his entire stake in Eastman Kodak. The damage? The Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust took a $550 million hit from the sale.
