Approximately 52 percent of active fund managers are beating their respective benchmarks this year, the highest relative performance since nearly 55 percent eight years ago.

Watch these two SPDRs for clues.

The Fed's efforts to boost longer-term yields will be like pushing on a string.

Improving corporate governance, increasing dividends and a weaker currency are helping Japanese companies deliver good earnings consistently.

Investors who are betting on a significant Fed boost may end up disappointed.

Just 4 percent of publicly traded companies account for all of the gains.

Mark Wiedman, a BlackRock senior managing director, donated $2,700 to the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich.

But zealous investors should be aware that many of these funds heavily tilt toward the financial sector.