Equities

The stock exchange has said it will end trading in shares of certain China-based companies, thanks to a long-running accounting dispute, writes Earl Carr.

Blank-check companies are gaining prominence with celebrity sponsors, but costs can be opaque.

Companies with a high level of intellectual capital tend to be less cyclical and that capital -- patents, trademarks, ideas -- gives them a bigger moat to defend against competitors.

The benefit is becoming more popular now that it can be offered and managed digitally.

A 50% allocation to equities for someone in their 60s still leaves someone with a lot of risk right before retirement, writes Jared Dillian.

It's helpful to recognize that there are both policy implications and behavioral implications of elections, and that these have completely distinct market consequences.

Average portfolios tend to be traditional and helped stabilize markets during the COVID-19 crash, new research shows.

A State Street fund avoiding crude holdings has beaten the S&P 500 by 3.6 percentage points since its inception, generating an annual return of 12.9%.

Funds that buy debt backing sustainability matters grew 12% from the end of 2019 globally, reaching a record $209.5 billion of assets, data show.

Advisors, nervous about the exposure, say they are struggling to get clients to switch things up.

As the S&P 500 flirts with record-high levels, many participants are mulling whether it’s time to take profits or push for more returns.

Fees for the category's best performing mutual funds and ETFs are much like the price of bullion: expensive.

The firm has struggled to make money this year amid the market volatility sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fast money has more than three times the impact on equity valuations than long-term investors like pension funds, according to a recent paper.

Almost 90% of smaller fund managers would no longer have to report their investments and their firms would save $136 million a year, the agency estimates.

The industry outranked asset classes including private equity and venture capital, which have historically ranked higher in a Credit Suisse survey.

Banks and insurers have trailed the S&P 500 by 20 percentage points, their worst performance at this point of a year on record.