Equity market

Once a laggard, the index and its cyclical components have shot up 13% since Halloween, putting it on track for the best month since 1987.

Market recovery has made the risk of missing out more pronounced this year, forcing many funds to position themselves towards historically bullish levels.

While stimulus talks have stalled, better-than-feared economic data and corporate earnings have instilled optimism that a recovery is taking shape.

Such a scenario could "challenge market assumptions both about cyclicality and about eternally negative rates," according to strategists.

Recognizing the elephant — and donkey — in the room can lead to a broader conversation about long-term investing

The firm announced plans in March to acquire $200 million of its stock and has been in the market on average once every three trading days since.

We've had many chances to learn, from the dot-com bust to the 2008 financial crisis. But the storm is perhaps most applicable to our current situation.

The firm had received margin calls from counterparties including BNP Paribas after its trades went awry, people familiar with the matter said.

The fund will track the performance of companies that issue shares directed to either the investing public or the company’s founders and executives.

Some 225 funds traded for the first time over the past 12 months, down for a second-straight year.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

Trading venues have clubbed together to attack the latest European effort to curb what they charge clients for data.

This basketball analogy can help you explain how portfolio diversification works across multiple asset classes.

For clients’ portfolios that need international diversity, these funds focus on the region.

Players on both sides of the fence are being forced to rethink past practices.

The drop in wealth was equivalent to the GDP of Italy.

Brexit, worries about trade wars and rising interest rates have prompted a selloff in developed country stocks.

It's unclear how automated investment platforms will perform during a major market downturn and what that could mean for advisors' bottom lines.

The growing number of independent financial advisors could spell trouble for traditional RIAs, says the head of the national advisory firm.

A member-owned market is the wrong response to rising fees.