Investment returns

Investors plowed into bullion-backed funds after the U.S. and China reached a truce in their trade war.

Eight of the top 10 have less than $100 million in assets.

Of the 468 hedge funds that used Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage services in the past decade, half have shuttered.

The losers “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Each of these funds has its own way of adding high-octane assets into clients' portfolios.

The ETFs that bested the strategy “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Bullion is “once again trying to reclaim its role as a safe haven” amid trade war concerns and the Fed’s halt on rates, a strategist said.

Even experienced managers are closing shop amid mounting costs, a tough capital raising environment and investors’ reluctance to pay high fees.

The model, which runs on IBM’s Watson platform, has suffered from overweight positions in technology and energy, the month’s worst-performing sectors.

The longer the investing view one has, the easier it is to measure the effect of rebalancing on a portfolio, and to see if it adds value over time.