A rough start to the year has become a kind of backhanded blessing to the Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund (QVSCX).
The Supreme Court has ruled that Kentucky can continue to tax out-of-state muni bonds, while not taxing in-state ones.
The mutual fund industry should consider itself lucky if, as expected, the SEC this summer recommends placing a cap on 12(b)-1 fees some investor now pay annually via "level loads," industry experts said.
Smaller, newer hedge funds continue to outperform the big dogs, according to the research from PerTrac Financial Solutions.
Financial Research Corp. has stated that it will no longer make available firm-specific fund flow data to the general public, the media and others who have not paid to receive it.
Bob Luxenberg was trying to decide where to invest several million dollars that he had earned building technology businesses in Silicon Valley when he unearthed his latest venture.
The ETFs will seek to earn current income reflective of money market rates available to U.S. investors in the specified country or region.
The number of foreclosure filings rose to 243,353 in April, up 4% from March and up 65% from the same month a year ago.
Toll Brothers reported double-digit declines in new home orders, revenue and home prices in its second quarter.
A Wells notice focuses on the firm's "bidding of various financial instruments associated with municipal securities."
Record-setting oil prices are driving investments in Brazil's bustling sugar cane ethanol industry.
The private-equity fund is part of a move to invest in sectors that haven’t been hit by the credit crunch.
California has backed away from a controversial proposal to regulate hedge funds under strong opposition from its hedge fund industry.
Although U.S. investors have poured billions into international stock investments in recent years, most have overlooked international small- and mid-cap stocks.
The market may be drifting, but many of America's 60 million Roman Catholics are sure of the investment path they have chosen: mutual funds guided by Catholic ethical and moral principles.
As fund companies experiment with retirement income solutions, financial advisers and investors are worried about products that are designed to leave participants with a zero balance.
The use of alternative hedge-fund-like strategies within mutual funds was a hot topic of discussion last week at the Investment Company Institute's 50th annual general membership meeting in Washington.
Micro-cap stocks are beaten down to the point where the mutual funds that invest in them are starting to see new opportunities.
Amid concerns about rising energy costs, Firsthand Capital Management Inc. is widening its focus on technology to include alternative energy.
Advisers may see increasing numbers of mutual fund products that include alternative-investment strategies.
