The Global Women's Equality Fund seeks to invest in the best companies for women, rather than just screen out those companies that don't meet certain criteria.
But use of commodities and absolute-return strategies appears to be universal, according to a survey from Rydex Distributors
Wells Fargo Funds Management and Evergreen Investment Management are planning a series of fund mergers, reorganizations and liquidations to form the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family, confirmed Wells Fargo spokeswoman Laura Fay.
Don't make the mistake of letting this year's powerful rally by real estate investment trusts deter you from considering an allocation to real estate at this point in the cycle.
Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $2.59 billion to $3.272 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Chinese shares fell for a fourth day Friday on worries a stronger U.S. dollar and new stock listings will further strain liquidity.
The stock market is mistakenly seeing the glass as half empty, says Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas. He cited the stock market's negative start today as evidence of “some cross-currents” that might have investors confused and conflicted.
The stock market rally has gone too far too fast, and on too little real economic recovery, claims Tom Samuels, manager of the Palantir Fund (PALIX), a global long/short fund from Palantir Capital Management Ltd.
World stock markets fell Thursday while the dollar strengthened to a three-month high against the euro.
Mutual funds could invest directly in commodities under legislation introduced Wednesday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass.
The ex-wife of one of America's richest men has sued the billionaire in New York for racketeering, saying he hid millions of dollars from her for decades.
Hedge fund performance is cooking again, which means that advisers should brace for a new onslaught of investor inquiries about alternative strategies.
European stocks and fell Tuesday and the euro slid to a two and a half month low against the dollar on worries about the Greek government's debts and the financial health of Austria's banks.
William Stevens was named a vice president and portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles.The position is new, said spokeswoman Meg Clough.
World markets mostly rose Monday after Dubai said it had received $10 billion in emergency funds from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, helping to ease investor fears that the emirate will default on its debt.
John Hancock Funds LLC will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few weeks plans to launch actively managed exchange-traded funds, according to an official at the firm.
Christopher Browne, a genteel money manager who helped bring down newspaper baron Conrad Black, died Sunday of a heart attack. Mr. Browne appears to have been 63, although his firm, Tweedy Browne & Co., couldn't immediately confirm that.
Chinese shares rebounded Thursday after the government extended tax cuts and subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances to support the economic recovery.
Before being elected to the Senate, Herb Kohl ran his family's grocery and department store business.
