Equities

Third-quarter profits and revenues rose faster than expected, and the economy is performing better than forecast.

All stocks across the globe are valued at $89.9 trillion. U.S. shares make up only 31.6 percent of that total.

Stocks are hot in the U.S. and investors are waiting patiently on European bonds.

The bottom line? Tax rates are still going to be at levels that create a meaningful drag on investment returns.

Sustainable investments are not a drag on performance, RMB Capital acquires Jacobus Wealth Management and Americans are happy with their finances.

Look beyond the “fear gauge.”

Investors are holding onto cash waiting for the correction to come, PURE offering cyber fraud insurance and Northern Trust teams with Wharton on family office research.

After net outflows every year from 2011-2015, Latin American Equity Funds had a surge. Meanwhile, “Abenomics” is on the voters’ chopping block.

The manager of nearly $6 trillion in assets said it is up to regulators to set corporate-governance policies, not index providers.

Fairpointe Capital’s Thyra Zerhusen on why mid-cap companies are an active manager’s sweet spot.