Investments

Wall Street profits fell 13% in the first half of the year to $8.7 billion, signaling a potential second straight annual decline, according to a report from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

As investors flee Pimco's Total Return Fund, advisors may be exploring options for clients' fixed income allocations. Here are four intermediate-term bond funds with a gold rating from Morningstar.

The pullback from repurchase agreements: How new regulations are reshaping bank funding and financial markets, and impacting money market funds, which investors use as cash-equivalent investments.

American banks are loading up on U.S. government debt, a sign they remain cautious on the economy even with the jobless rate at a six-year low and corporations at their healthiest in a generation.

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Muni managers and analysts say the absence of retail participation in the muni market has been palpable and that the net negative supply, historical low municipal to Treasury ratios, narrow spreads, and headline risk are contributing to the pull back.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pacific Investment Management in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said he was surprised by the events surrounding the departure of the star bond manager last week.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pacific Investment Management in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said he was surprised by the events surrounding the departure of the star bond manager last week.

Charles Schwab removed Pacific Investment Management from its target-date retirement funds after the departure of Pimco co-founder Bill Gross.

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Analysts expect investors exiting Pimco's Total Return Fund will move into alternative strategies.

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President Obama has blasted the tactic as unpatriotic while the Treasury Department has announced steps aimed at limiting the tax benefits. But beyond the headlines and sound bites, how should advisors evaluate inversions when developing investment strategies for their clients?

The Social Security mistake even its reps are making; calculating required distributions from your retirement accounts; should you drink the annuity COLA?

Before advisors recommend the increasingly popular hedged investment strategy, they better know the basics.

The profitability of alts for investment managers and product originators promises that the deluge of alternative investment opportunities will continue.

Some research shows that alternatives have as much chance of hurting performance as helping. With so many new products available, how can advisors ensure that they're picking the right ones?

The strategy once known as SRI has rebranded and expanded. Here’s what you should know now about the universe of values-based strategies.

Recent mutual fund flows suggest more advisors are going across the pond when constructing their client portfolios.

Morningstar Inc. cut the rating of Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, to bronze from gold after co-founder Bill Gross’s exit.