Investments

The U.S. commercial real estate industry is on the mend.

How the big bank stress test strategy could bolster your clients' portfolios against market volatility.

Receiving some of our investment income in the currencies of those more rapidly growing economies may help us preserve our purchasing power.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 276.10 points, or 2.26%, to 11955.01 Monday on concerns about plans to repair Europe’s debt crisis. However, stocks finished the month up 1041.63 points, or 9.54%.

Highland Funds Asset Management has launched the Highland Alpha Trend Strategies Fund, a global fund that will invest in country- and region-specific exchange-traded funds as well as take long and short positions in equity indexes. The fund aims to invest in areas with low correlation and volatility.

In September, more money flowed into mutual funds than flowed out, breaking a three-month pattern of fund outflows, according to Cerulli Associates’ October report on product trends. Despite the reversal into positive territory, however, mutual fund assets remain at a yearly low of $7.4 trillion.

Schwab Charitable has launched the Charitable Legacy Program, to enable individuals to extend their charitable giving beyond their lifetimes.

Financial advisors can now purchase T. Rowe Price Advisor Class shares for their clients at no transaction fee on the Schwab Mutual Fund OneSource platform.

With Europe in the grip of a massive debt crisis, U.S. unemployment still near double digits and global markets roiling on what seems an unending rollercoaster ride, the impact from the 2008 financial meltdown has been nothing if not severe.

Flexibility. Tactical allocation. Macroeconomic analysis.

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index fell for a second straight month, finishing down 3.2% in September, but beating the Dow Jones Global Index’s 9.88% decline.

Former Wasatch Portfolio Managers Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker, who formed Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, have launched their first two mutual funds: the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund.

Tax-exempt yields soared as demand for safe-haven assets fell on positive news coming from Europe.

Blue Chips jumped 339.51 points to end at 12208.55, boosted by economic news from Europe and the U.S. All 30 component stocks ended higher.

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index fell for a second straight month, finishing down 3.2% in September, but beating the Dow Jones Global Index’s 9.88% decline.

In light of the continued market volatility, Russell Indexes is expanding its Defensive and Dynamic Indexes to cover all 10,000 stocks that it tracks around the world.

Former Wasatch Portfolio Managers Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker, who formed Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, have launched their first two mutual funds: the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund.

In light of the continued market volatility, Russell Indexes is expanding its Defensive and Dynamic Indexes to cover all 10,000 stocks that it tracks around the world.

TD Ameritrade Institutional announced a new options trading, education and support package for advisors Thursday.

Vanguard has filed with the SEC to offer the Vanguard Target 2060 Retirement Fund for those currently 18 to 20 years old, and early next year will merge the Vanguard Target Retirement 2005 Fund and the Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund, as their allocations have become nearly identical.