Markets and indexes

SPIKES, a product from MIAX Options, is being pitched as a lower-cost alternative.

Trade tension and a record-long government shutdown have left many in the “more defensive parts of the market,” one TD Ameritrade strategist says.

Despite its death, Barclays is transitioning assets and trading volume to a nearly identical version of the fund.

The pessimism is especially unusual given that the group’s asset flows haven’t moved opposite the market in more than a decade.

The reduction, which includes 15% of senior management, is part of a larger effort to cut costs and automate more business.

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

Money managers would be better off selling holdings at random, a study suggests.

Institutional withdrawals amounted to nearly $35 billion in the fourth quarter.

A growing body of research is looking into whether the expanding influence of passively managed funds is making companies less willing to compete.

The firm’s new CEO Ronald O’Hanley is pushing to reduce expenses, automate more functions and simplify organizational structure.

It's the firm's largest headcount reduction since 2016.

Slower economic growth and increased market volatility have investors seeking large companies with healthy balance sheets.

“Recent small reductions in headcount reflect the need to balance our workforce growth with the current needs of our business," the company says.

They may trade like stocks, but a new report suggests investors stop treating the two like they are one and the same.

Incentives to buy the products have eroded amid signs of slowed interest rate hikes from the Fed and the heightened fear of a trade-war.

Some of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world are still considered emerging markets.

A recent herding to the sector may be more of a gut reaction rather than a careful evaluation.

The loss erases eight years of earnings since the asset manager went public.

The product, which allows investors to purchase virtual currencies on their exchange, hits the market at a low point for bitcoin.

Inversions have occurred seven times since the early 1950s and all but one of those instances preceded equity gains.