Markets and indexes

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.

In the Treasury market, all eyes remain on the yield curve after three-year yields climbed above those of the five-year bonds.

Price moves have become more pronounced among the companies managers expect to rise.

Chairman Jay Clayton said he remains worried that cryptocurrency can be too easily stolen or manipulated on exchanges.

Investors have grown cautious following October’s rout in global markets.

Industry headwinds from costs and fees remain as relentless as ever.

“I admit I’m nervous about how our clients will react,” AQR's Cliff Asness wrote following the worst run in global equities in six years.

The sector historically has been “resilient to economic downturns,” ProShares wrote in the new fund’s prospectus.

A total of 86 publicly traded companies approved new repurchase plans so far this year. That’s nearly twice as many as all of 2017.

The insurance-related securities market has grown as pension and hedge funds seek diversified bets less tied to interest rate or stock market swings.

An index of asset managers and custody banks has lost almost a quarter of its value this year.