In July, buybacks fell to $17.3 billion. Daily buyback frequency and volume have dropped to 2009 levels.

While fee cuts are heralded as boons for investors, there's no guarantee that those savings will wind up in their pockets.

Amid concern that passive investing has weakened corporate governance, the indexes are setting some new rules.

It's been 56 weeks since the last 5 percent decline in the stock market.

Conventional wisdom says that as passive investment strategies grow, they would affect stock prices. The data shows otherwise.

The smaller closed-end fund managed by Ivascyn has outperformed the larger Pimco Income Fund over the past five years.