Impact investing can be seen as a way for investors to align their investment philosophies with their personal beliefs, prioritizing investments that advance social or environmental change with the goal of generating returns. Similarly, organi...

(Bloomberg) -- To hear analysts tell it, the earnings recession is about to reach 18 months. Given their near perfect record of underestimating corporate profits, they’re probably going to be wrong...

(Bloomberg) -- Some of the biggest electronic traders are complaining that a new test in the U.S. stock market will compromise their top-secret strategies, one of their most valuable assets...

The prolonged bull market has created unreasonable expectations among U.S. investors, and it could be eating into their savings. According to new research from Natixis Global Asset Management, investors now need an 8.5 percent annual re...

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A twice-yearly pall has settled over mutual fund managers in the wake of the latest SPIVA Scorecard’s release. For the past 14 years, the S&P Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard, now published by S&P Dow Jones Indices, has measured the performa...

As markets increasingly question the effectiveness of developed markets’ monetary policy to boost growth, fiscal policy is expected to become less stringent in many countries...

(Bloomberg) -- Trump's not favorite to win the election. If he wins, his administration might achieve little in its early days. Still, markets are woefully underprepared for the possibility of a Trump presidency, Morgan Stanley writes in...

The period since the Brexit vote has been—to put it mildly—an interesting time. Following the unexpected outcome, many equity markets have reach new highs. Bond yields, meanwhile, have plumbed depths not seen, in many cases, for...

In a certain sense, it has been easy to make money in the capital markets over the last few years. For many U.S. investors, the winning approach has been "The simpler, the better." In many cases, an allocation to some mix of U.S. stocks and bonds...