The World’s Most Powerful Stock Pickers Don’t Manage a Penny

Jul 13, 2016

(Bloomberg) -- MSCI Inc. isn’t usually a name that springs to mind when one thinks of the most powerful players in the global equity market...

U.S. Tech Company Files Bitcoin ETF Application With SEC

Jul 13, 2016

SolidX Partners Inc, a U.S. technology company that provides blockchain services, on Tuesday filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an exchange-traded product that tracks the price of bitcoin...

Shark Tank’s O’Leary Surfaces With 17 New ETF Offerings

Jul 12, 2016

(Bloomberg) -- Kevin O'Leary is out to carve a niche for himself in the world of exchange-traded funds...

Fed’s Bullard Says Brexit to Have ‘Close to Zero’ U.S. Impact

Jul 12, 2016

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he thought the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union wouldn’t have a lasting effect on the U.S. economy and he didn’t view a drop in U.S. bond...

For Wall Street Bond Strategists, There’s Wrong and Less Wrong

Jul 12, 2016

(Bloomberg) -- If at first you don’t succeed, revise, revise again...

Speculators Driving Gold Stocks Higher

Jul 12, 2016

Watch for a warning signal, though

Mutual Funds That Benefitted Most From the Pokemon Bump

Jul 12, 2016

Asset Managers Had Worst Year Since Financial Crisis

Jul 11, 2016

The asset management industry had its weakest year since the 2008 financial crisis, with global assets under management in 2015 growing a meager 1 percent from the prior year to $71.4 trillion, and net new flows into funds slowing for the third...

When Stress Tests Become Reality: Which Scenario After Brexit?

Jul 11, 2016

In recent years, we have emphasized repeatedly that investors need to have a forward-looking view of risk, to anticipate and model extreme events, and, if appropriate, act to ensure their ability to withstand them. Some scenarios never materialize...

Vanguard, the Unlikely Savior of Active Management

Jul 11, 2016

(Bloomberg) -- Actively managed mutual funds in the U.S. have seen $76-billion worth of assets leave for greener pastures in the first five months of the year, according to the Investment Company Institute — except for one firm's...