Investments

Recent statistics show that fears that the country's growth will come to a standstill are unfounded.

Chris Munafo, senior vice president and director of private client group administration at Janney Montgomery Scott discusses his 27 years in the securities business.

Two former UBS executives are determined to change how investors access emerging markets by targeting specific sectors and themes.

After a year-end planning scramble, advisors are deluged anew, finding opportunities in the new tax deal.

With net inflows of $191 billion in 2012, ETFs had their best year ever. Housing sector funds led the gainers, while green energy funds dimmed.

The eleventh-hour tax deal reached in Washington will require some new strategies for advisors and their clients.

Raoul Rodriguez Walters' planning practice specializes in the intricacies of financial migration.

Here's a fearless prediction: In the years ahead, bond investors won't enjoy stellar returns like those of the last five to 10 years.

If you have clients who have already retired, make sure their portfolios can absorb the most violent shocks.

Named for a Gospel passage, the Matthew 25 fund has been churning out superior performance for a decade and a half.

Morningstar announced today that it has awarded the Gold to two mutual funds, one a former Silver-rated fund and the other a brand new Medalist.

Bandon Capital Management has hired Whitney Dow as Managing Director, responsible for spearheading the firm’s marketing and relationship management efforts.

Classic investment style boxes are out and themes are in, Burt White, LPL Financial’s managing director of research, told advisors.

Pacific Investment Management Co., the world’s largest manager of actively run bond funds, has appointed Marc Seidner as interim head of global equities after Neel Kashkari’s departure last week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Vanguard is switching indexes for five of its funds today.

Mutual funds that invest in U.S. stocks had another strong week, picking up $3.5 billion. They have now picked up $16.1 billion in a three-week period, a strong start after 25 weeks of declines.

Stock funds took in an estimated $6.35 billion in inflows for the week that ended Jan. 23, down 31% from the $9.2 billion they took in a week earlier. Still, the inflow is almost twice as large as a year earlier.

First, there was the Great Recession.

The TCW/Carlye deal is drawing ever closer and new rumors of more potential defections from the bond shop continue to swirl.

Mutual funds increased their assets by $174.3 billion to $13.047 trillion in December, according to the Investment Company Institute.