Which bond funds are producing equity-like returns this year?
Five of the seven top-performing target date funds are composed of only proprietary funds, according to a report released today.
Money managers and financial advisers need to start looking beyond domestic equity and other traditional asset classes for risk-adjusted returns in the current market, according to Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.
Invesco Ltd. is likely to keep intact most of the Morgan Stanley/Van Kampen operations <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/FREE/910199972/1022/ONLINENEWS >which it said last night that it will acquire for $1.5 billion</a> — although some changes to the $119 billion retail money management business it's buying are expected — Martin Flanagan, president and chief executive of Invesco, said in an interview with InvestmentNews.
The current environment is most definitely a stock-picker's market, says the firm's managing director. His advice? Focus more on company fundamentals than sectors or the economy
U.S. equity funds have out-performed, by and large, but a handful of overseas funds have generated some solid performance so far this year.
Since many low-quality, high-beta companies have "rallied too much," Mr. Rady is currently looking for overvalued firms to short.
The technology sector is white hot these days. If you're not buying it, just look at the Nasdaq, which has been leaving the other indexes swimming in its wake.
Rankings and data through Mar. 15, 2010, according to <a href=http://www.Morningstar.com>Morningstar.com</a>
The upside of nearly two decades of mounting levels of government and consumer debt is a solid foundation for a secular run by consumer staple companies, according to Ralph Shive, manager of the $1.5 billion Wasatch-1st Source Income Equity Fund Ticker:(FMEIX).
If investors can stomach the risk, high-yield bonds are still the best place to be right now, according to Scott Colyer, chief executive and chief investment officer of Advisors Asset Management Inc.
State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.
Thirtysomething new-product developers, look out.
When selecting investment grade corporate bonds in the current rate environment, a common question is: 'How much better can it get'?
Money market funds will have to disclose on a delayed basis their fluctuating “shadow” net asset values rather than their $1-per-share value, thanks to a rule that the SEC adopted last week.
Financial scandals put a dent in the total number of funds last year. And there's less interest in funds of hedge funds
If the past few years have taught investors anything, the lesson is clearly: “Buyer, beware.”
Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $36.22 billion to $3.090 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
But assets in institutional money market funds shrank last week, says ICI
Money market funds will have to disclose on a delayed basis their fluctuating “shadow” net asset values rather than their $1-per-share value, thanks to new rules adopted today by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
