Volatility

It’s impressive how quickly a two-day plunge affects the tone of bulls.

With fewer people investing in active strategies and more options to choose from, competition is extremely fierce.

Sales people are having a hard time marketing new products in isolation, one executive says.

The boost in accounts has helped compensate for withdrawals by investors who need cash.

The firm had intended on increasing some grid thresholds by about 10%.

In some cases, workers who have received severance pay have the option of investing the money for retirement and other long-term goals.

“The data that the market typically relies on is too slow to keep up with how rapidly the situation has been changing," says Richard Bernstein Advisors' deputy CIO.

Seeing the size and variation in average returns among a variety of asset classes offers perspective for those who are anxious.

After becoming unmoored in recent weeks as bond market liquidity dried up, funds that stand to benefit from the central bank’s buying are now rallying.

If they plan to use them for current spending, “then the timing of the distribution would not matter for tax purposes,” an expert writes.