Investments

Growth will be selective, so while some countries enjoy good times others will suffer severe recessions forecast global economy

Seventeen muni groups are urging members of Congress to reject President Obama's proposal to place a 28% cap on the value of tax-exempt interest, warning it will hurt the market and that its retroactivity will reverse nearly 100 years of legislative history.

BlackRock has launched seven iShares exchange-traded funds, including its first fixed-income ETFs to focus on specific industries and mortgage-backed securities.

Here’s an interactive slide show detailing 10 bold global investment predictions for the remainder of 2012 from Neuberger Berman, an independent money management firm overseeing more than $193 billion in assets invested in equities, fixed income and alternative strategies for individuals and institutional clients.

What terms will you need to get familiar with as clearing of what can be considered exchange-traded swaps starts up? Here’s one answer, in a gallery of key acronyms.

Seventeen muni groups are urging members of Congress to reject President Obama's proposal to place a 28% cap on the value of tax-exempt interest, warning it will hurt the market and that its retroactivity will reverse nearly 100 years of legislative history.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97.33 points to finish at 12,780.95 Wednesday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lopped off 16 points and 7.27 points, respectively.

Investors poured an estimated $13.17 billion into equity, bond and hybrid mutual funds during the week ended Wednesday, Feb. 8, the largest weekly inflow this year.

Hedge fund manager and long-time gold bull John Paulson cut his gold ETF bullion holdings by about $600 million in the fourth quarter, a second straight reduction that was likely driven by client redemption needs as he remained upbeat on the metal.

Wave Management AG, the asset management unit of the German VHV insurance group with over €14bn in assets under management, has chosen SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system

Citi has entered into an agreement with Credit Suisse’s Asset management division to provide a comprehensive suite of milled office, custody and hedge fund administration services to support part of its U.S.-based alternative investments business.

The U.S. economy may be growing. But confidence in it isn't, said economic futurist Jeff Thredgold.

The Great Recession ended 32 months ago. But fear about the sturdiness of its recovery persists.

The U.S. equities market has been losing the order flow battle for three straight years and will continue to fall until 4th quarter 2012, a Tabb Group Research Report says.

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At Oppenheimer Funds, even customer service representatives become stewards of the quality of data. Who should own your data?

'I truly believe that we've entered the greatest bull market in the history of advice and it will continue for decades to come,'' the president of national sales and marketing for LPL Financial said Tuesday.

A year ago, marketing of a digital mailbox service for delivery of bills, fund documents and everything under the sun was supposed to start by mid-year. It’s going to happen this year, a vice president for digital strategy at Broadridge Financial Solutions says. Really.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average spent most of the day in the red Tuesday before fighting back for a 4.24-point gain, closing at 12,878.28.

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has developed a new platform, OmniAccess, that will make it easier for asset managers and broker-dealers to post, process and view data related to their omnibus, or combined futures, accounts.