Hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt and online brokerage pioneer Blake Darcy recently opened an online managed account service for retail investors. Can Greenblatt's star power take asset management online?
The year 2009 was very rough on retirement accounts. Not only did they take a hit from the economic downturn, but also many suffered because of swindlers like Bernard Madoff. And some were drained by the very rules, bureaucracies and agencies set...
In the past, advisors would advise their clients that to make money, it was best to have “time in the market” versus timing the market. But, the brutal bear market of 2008 prompted new research that shows it may be best to avoid big...
In the past, advocates of buy-and-hold investing often said that if you miss just a few of the market’s best days, you are doomed to mediocre performance. Now some say that instead of thinking about the best days, investors should focus on...
Should you stay well away from hot dots, that is, hot mutual funds? Not necessarily. Some top funds have long records for delivering relatively steady results. The best choices among the winners are diversified funds that can produce strong...
While the U.S. economy remains sluggish, growth is rebounding in much of the rest of the world. That is creating plenty of opportunities for Laurent Saltiel, portfolio manager of Janus Worldwide (JAWWX) and Janus International Equity (JAIEX).
