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New York-based exchange traded fund (ETF) provider Global X Funds this week rolled out a new ETF for investors who are looking to buy funds comprised of stocks that consistently deliver solid dividends to their shareholders.

A software tools company and a maker of high-performance servers said they set a new record in the speed of pricing options contracts.

Long-term mutual funds reaped $2.83 billion in inflows in the week ended June 1, the Investment Company Institute said.

The Federal Reserve will not officially launch a third round of quantitative easing to help boost the flagging economy, but will rely instead on a “magical weapon” -- the language of its policy statements to try to keep interest rates historically low for an extended period, PIMCO money management titan Bill Gross said Wednesday at the Morningstar Investment Conference.

Investors concerned that the equities markets and the economy seem to be hitting a soft patch might think about looking at stocks that have a long history of paying dividends.

I just got back from my yearly pilgrimage to the Northern California regional conference in San Francisco, which is always one of the best financial planning meetings of the year, and two interesting nuggets caught my eye.

Rule changes brought on by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are expected to produce the most change in the way trading in contracts involving interest-rate commitments.

A new report from MetLife this week suggests that financial advisors need to do a better job of educating their clients about the importance of managing their emotions as well as their spending and investing behavior during and close to retirement just as they did -- presumably -- when they were younger and saving up for their golden years.

Peter Drake, vice president of retirement and economic research at Fidelity Investments Canada, spoke of five retirement risks in a speech Monday at the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners’ annual conference in Ottawa.

As many as four additional financial services firms may join the domestic bid to take over Canada's TMX Group, operators of the Toronto and Montreal Exchanges.

Four FaithShares' exchange traded funds (ETFs) tailored for individual Christian denominations are being discontinued due to flagging investor interest.

The Securities Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are warning investors to make sure they truly understand the risks associated with investing in structured notes with principal protection before they get burned.

Vision2020 is the second iteration of Advisor Group’s platform for fee-based advisors.

Could another dotcom bubble be on the horizon? Less than a month after social networking site LinkedIn blew up in its blockbuster initial public offering, online coupon seller Groupon filed its S-1 form with the SEC.

Gabelli SRI Green Fund looks to gain from shortages of commodities and resources and for clients who want an actively managed, environmentally conscious fund, this very small but fast-growing firm's portfolio may be a perfect fit.

Analysts who turned their back on Ultra Petroleum over the past year may be about to change their tune as the independent oil and natural gas company appears to be primed for some breakout growth and could very well be an acquisition target by a larger competitor.

linkedFA, a social networking web site designed specifically for financial professionals, announced a strategic relationship with Thomson Reuters, the New York-based business information service, to provide financial data to advisors using the social network.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors Inc. this week launched two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFS) that gives investors access to fixed income investment products with the flexibility and tax benefits of ETFs.

BlackRock's Bob Doll says despite short-term issues in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Japan, there are plenty of intriguing investing opportunities out there for those willing to go the distance.

A vast majority, 86%, of the 800 institutional investors and corporate executives surveyed for BNY Mellon believe there are significant opportunities for stock market growth. However, 58% think there are major downside risks preventing them from taking advantage of those opportunities, the survey, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, found.