Investment

It was just a sniff, mind you, but it was of a foul odor. A whiff of inflation seen in the monthly Consumer Price Index data held back stocks this morning that I believe would have otherwise gained from the get-go. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: [...

An obstinately dovish U.S. Federal Reserve and a European Central Bank intent on carrying out its own, massive Quantitative Easing (QE) bond buying programme have pushed Treasury rates to near historic lows and European rates to obscene levels. As...

The hedge fund industry is not perfect, but neither are the capital markets, which is why we have numerous regulators around the world overseeing the industry.  

Last week could be best wrapped up by a heat map of the ETF universe, unless it was inverse or tied to volatility, it was nothing but shades of green last week as the FOMC officially ran out of patience but the doves delivered an unexpected...

Under the hood of six funds with track records, including Pimco’s behemoth.

Brothers from another mother. What’s the difference? Financial advisor Allan Roth argues on ETF.com (of all places) that ETFs are great, but in essence, similar Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds are "simply different share classes" of the sam...

Well, it didn't take long for the bulls to jump on their buying opportunity, with a little help from the bulls' friend in the Fed. In fact, despite huge daily swings in the market averages driven by daily news regarding timing of interest...

According to an article recently published by the Office of Financial Research, the "current bull market is longer and larger than historical bull markets" at 72 months (211% return) with the average being 55 months (165% return). The...