ETFs

More advisors are investing in exchange traded funds and cash than they were eight years ago, while variable and fixed annuities are becoming less popular. The Financial Planning Association’s 2014 Trends in Investing Survey found that nearly ei...

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The traditional wholesaling and style-box product model is expected to decline from 33 percent of advisor-sold assets today to 24 percent by 2017...

In the past year, some commodities have risen at warp speed while others have lagged...

SEC approval necessary on first ETF for virtual currency

Investors attend the annual Sohn Investment Conference to hear talks by noted hedge fund managers who can move markets with their pronouncements. This week’s event in New York made its share of waves when David Einhorn urged investors to...

A key precursor of inflation at the consumer level is an elevation in producer prices...

Managed futures funds have outperformed long-only commodity plays over the last two decades. What’s behind their success?

Matthew Green, an 18th century British poet, once reflected upon a personal ethos that today’s equity investors might do well to embrace: “Thus, I steer my bark, and sail on even keel, with gentle gale.” The tempest roiling the market nowadays c...