Quantitative investment strategies that maintain consistent long and short exposures, commonly known as 130/30s, are hot.
While 401(k) investors' choices of mutual funds vary widely, one element of concern seems to be constant: cost.
Members of the Financial Services Institute Inc. met with members of Congress and their staffs on Capitol Hill Oct. 10, in a push to retain in their current form 12(b)-1 fees, which the advisers say are crucial to their work with smaller clients.
More mutual funds are being developed that offer managed payouts designed to give investors a steady stream of income.
Investors continue to bail as Harry W. Lange celebrates his two-year anniversary as the manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund on Wednesday, although it's clear that the fund's performance is on the mend.
Financial advisers focus only on sales brochures and fund information that is germane to their financial practices; otherwise, marketing efforts fail to attract their attention, even momentarily, according to a soon-to-be released report.
Fidelity's VIP Contrafund Portfolio will be managed by a multi-manager group of seven managers.
Barclays has launched eight exchange-traded notes to track commodities on NYSE Arca today.
The Claymore/Zacks Dividend Rotation ETF will follow the Zacks Dividend Rotation Index from Zacks Investment Research Inc.
Investors pumped $45.2 billion into the hedge fund industry during the third quarter, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.
Dwindling assets and intense regulatory scrutiny continue to take their toll on mutual fund B shares, which at the current rate of attrition are likely to become nearly extinct inside five years.
It is difficult to evaluate funds and strategies that haven't yet established a track record, but the <b>Aston/Neptune International Fund (ANIIX) </b>comes to market with a certain pedigree and a legitimate strategy for investing outside the United States.
Let's say you paid $7 each back in early 2003 for 1,000 shares of a struggling Cupertino, Calif.-based personal-computer and consumer electronics company that was trading at a fire sale price based on a classic fundamental- valuation metric.
Lord Abbett & Co. has added Marybeth Leithead as a portfolio manager on its Municipal Bond team.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could affect state taxes on municipal bonds, published reports said.
Merrill Lynch has launched an independent broker-neutral platform for its prime brokerage clients in the hedge fund industry.
SPA ETFs, an affiliate of London & Capital, today launched its first U.S. equities-focused ETF on the American Stock Exchange.
Hedge funds pulled out of this summer’s market havoc, recording average returns of 2.44% for the third quarter, according to Morningstar Inc.
Financial advisers who are frustrated over perceived shortcomings in mutual-fund- rating systems soon will have a new prism through which to view funds.
In its quest to push for divestment in Sudan, the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition has decided to go underground to fight a major mutual fund company.
