Markets and indexes

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.

Disappointing revenue and profit forecasts from Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet helped push the Nasdaq further into a correction.

With the number of U.S. indexes far outstripping stocks, anxiety is mounting over whether the funds artificially inflate share prices, fueling bubbles.

The deluge into the retail-friendly vehicles comes as the S&P posted declines in 19 of 24 days since peaking in September

“There’s just right now a heightened sensitivity to what can go wrong,” one strategist says.

Indexes typically tracked by the funds are often excessively allocated to Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.

Rising interest rates and trade war threats are promulgating the rout in equities.

It is not uncommon for asset managers to view these three functions as separate and distinct units with entirely different missions and goals.

Caution is key across global markets as investors try to gauge whether the selloff is a harbinger or a blip.

Nuveen has pared allocations to non-U.S. developed market equities, while JPMorgan is dialing back global stocks positions in favor of U.S. shares.

Companies that haven’t released financial reports for extended periods of time are expected to be put under the microscope.