Investments

Wall Street veteran Sallie Krawcheck is putting her name behind a new index fund that before its re-launch suffered dismal long-term performance. Will advisors be interested?

Financial advisor use and recommendation of ETFs is continuing to grow, outpacing all other investment vehicles, a new survey from the Financial Planning Association shows.

ETF and mutual fund providers need to rethink their sales and marketing strategies in light of the rapid growth in the sales of these products by registered investment advisors.

When some investors were fleeing Russian stocks as President Vladimir Putin moved to annex Crimea, Pacific Investment Management Co. turned bullish.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, in partnership with CAIA, will now require its employees in its retail distribution arm to enroll in CAIA's fundamentals of alternative investment certification program.

Morningstar is offering DIY investors direct access to its separately managed accounts -- should advisors be worried?

In grading investment performance, it turns out that consistency is even more important than asset allocation.

Financial advisor use and recommendation of ETFs is continuing to grow, outpacing all other investment vehicles surveyed by the FPA's Journal of Financial Planning and the FPA Research and Practice Institute.

If you’re comparing a multi-asset client portfolio to the S&P 500, you’re setting yourself up for trouble.

BlackRock has spent three years crafting a new type of actively-managed exchange-traded fund that's stoked optimism in the U.S. for expansion of the $1.8 trillion industry. The world's biggest money manager is confident the product will work, except the market will be a dud.

Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said volatility probably will rise later this year as investors get more aggressive to reach their annual goals.

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Once obscure, business development corporations, small business investment funds, are attracting attention.

Money market funds and liquid bank accounts currently lack returns but offer safety as well as liquidity.

BlackRock’s Fink Says Leveraged ETFs May ‘Blow Up’ Industry

BlackRock's Laurence D. Fink, who oversees the world's biggest exchange-traded fund lineup, said leveraged ETFs are a structural problem and have the potential to "blow up" the industry.

Money market funds and liquid bank accounts currently lack returns but offer safety as well as liquidity.

Experts debate the best options for advisors to use in the income-producing portion of client portfolios.

Sure, today's rates are low. That makes it a great time to protect your clients against unexpected rises tomorrow. To arm your clients' portfolios against inflation, here are five investment categories to consider.

Saving a few basis points on expenses is nice, but the critical issue is finding an ETF that does what you want it to do.