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Dale Yahnke has built up $2.1 billion in AUM by focusing on low costs and specific solutions.

Having a lot of stocks in a portfolio reduces risk, but holding a limited number of positions can produce home runs.

In a remarkably short period, the playing field for the lowest-cost ETFs has changed dramatically.

Fixed-income gained more ground, while the 14 best-performing equity mutual funds all focused on precious metals and enjoyed gains of more than 20% .

iShares is looking to ring in the New Year in a contrarian way.

WHV Investment Management today announced that Andrew Turner will join the company as president and chief executive officer, replacing Judith Stevens who is retiring next month after more than three decades with WHV.

Emerald Asset Advisors is starting out the New Year with one less fund to worry about.

Southfield, MI-based Advance Capital Management’s Board of Directors today passed a resolution terminating the sub investment advisor relationship with Birmingham, MI-based Seizert Capital Partners.

Parametric Portfolio Associates, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. (EV), and The Clifton Group Investment Management Company announced today the completion of the previously announced purchase of Clifton by Parametric.

Morningstar today gave props to a few funds that that the research firm said went from worst to first in 2012.

For the week ending Wednesday, December 26, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds reported net inflows of $3 billion, excluding the inflows of $18.2 billion to money market accounts, according to data from Lipper.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $28.39 billion to $2.665 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, December 26, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, expects stocks and bonds to return less than 5 percent in 2013 as high unemployment persists, he wrote in a Twitter post.

If there is one sentiment that fiscal policy debates in Washington have taught investors not to expect over the years, it’s optimism, according to the chief market strategist at LPL. Time and again, we have seen our politicians respond to serious questions on the future of our nation’s economy by kicking the can down the road, or worse. Could it be different this time around for 2013?

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $28.39 billion to $2.665 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, December 26, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Morningstar has reaffirmed or identified 38 funds as Morningstar Medalists, giving out Gold ratings to 17 funds.

Federated Investors is looking to fold a 2-Star rated fund into a 4-Star rated fund.

Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Company, is adding another title to his business card.

This holiday season has been a mixed bag for TCW Group.