Stock investors seeking an informational edge should keep their eyes on junk-bond prices on the heels of earnings reports.

The unusually calm market backdrop has weighed on the average performance of macro funds

An imbalance of power is status quo in the S&P 500.

Prices for pork bellies have increased about 80 percent this year, and frozen reserves are at a 60-year low.

Returns fall when a fund grows, though a few giants have figured out how to avoid this trap.

The central bank is on a course that delivers low volatility and contains disruptions to the markets.

Fixed-income inflows can’t keep pace with stock appreciation.

Western Asset Management's CIO on why bond indexes give active managers an edge, "stubbornly" low inflation and his counterintuitive jump into emerging markets at the dawn of the Trump presidency.

Investors also continued to favor global funds in the week ending July 19.