Frontier market countries, such as Kuwait, Bangladesh, Argentina and Lithuania, have extremely small markets. Yet they are less risky than emerging market countries, said Rick Schmidt, portfolio manager of emerging markets and frontier markets at...
While stocks were relatively unchanged for the week of May 5-9, 2014, daily and intra-day volatility has been notable—the S&P 500 saw 1% intraday moves on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The stock market volatility of the past few weeks seemed ...
In the past year, some commodities have risen at warp speed while others have lagged...
Earnings forecasts are being cut sharply overseas, raising the questions of how much of a value international developed market stocks are and whether they can outperform the U.S. market in 2014.
We are often asked whether we pursue currency strategies or currency "hedges" in our equity investing...
The animal spirits of business leaders and investors may be re-emerging, resulting in more investment that may herald better growth.
Ameriprise Financial lost a net 12 advisors in the first quarter, as strong gains to its franchise channel were slightly more than offset by losses in its employee channel; meanwhile, advisor productivity increased to $454,000 per advisor, up 3...
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LPL Financial reported record first quarter adjusted earnings of $71 million, or 69 cents per share, on revenue of $1.1 billion, up 12 percent year-over-year. (Earnings missed analysts' estimates by 3 cents.) Much of the growth was attributed...