For every 10-percentage-point increase in the percentage of firms’ outside board members who are women there is a 1.67-percentage-point rise in the dividend payout ratio.

Advises fund managers to shift money into cash and cash alternatives to pursue 'unconstrained' strategies.

“This is a ground-breaking initiative for Islamic investors and for the gold industry at large”

Here comes the tax drag. Thanks to a 2010 rule change, many mutual funds this year and next will lose their ability to continue to offset taxes with accrued capital losses from the financial crisis, hitting after-tax returns.

Investors are looking ahead to 2017 with anticipation and trepidation

This year’s market events surrounding Brexit and the U.S. election, in particular, have exposed numerous flaws to this recency approach taken by the investing herd.

Last month changes everything

An advisor’s job goes far beyond picking the right investments.

Capital Group Cos.' New Perspective Fund has cut cash levels to the lowest in two decades.