Portfolio

The Rydex Investments AdvisorBenchmarking Advisor Confidence Index, which gauges advisers’ outlook on the economy and the stock market, rose 4% in November to 82.46, up from 79.07 in October.

Be it large-, medium- or small-cap, value or growth, there are buying opportunities galore in the stock market, according to veteran Lord Abbett value manager Robert Fetch. “I am seeing valuations I haven’t seen in decades, across the capitalization spectrum,” Fetch told Barron’s.

CIBC announced Friday that it has finally settled 2004 charges that former trader Paul Flynn permitted hedge funds to market time mutual funds.

Mutual Funds Have Bled $2.5 Trillion Since May

Putnam Selects Farrell as Head of Equity Trading

Don't believe the retirement income hype.

The signs are clear, but few firms are making decisions that will benefit them in the long term. The financial crisis is prompting firms to feel forced to react and make changes to their short-term and long-term strategies.

The $600 million in new assets that Horizon Cash Management captured in the third quarter could be a sign of things to come for the Chicago company and other cash managers.

Fund Fees Expected to Tumble By $38 Billion by 2012

Slowly but steadily, the Securities and Exchange Commission continues on the long journey toward adopting international tax and accounting standards, with the recent release of its long-anticipated roadmap.