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Top 25 Fastest Growing Fund Managers
By Ronald PechtimaldjianQuite a few of the top 25 fastest growing fund managers for last year came from boutique firms, according to Strategic Insights Simfund database.
January 16, 2012
What Fund Flows in 2011 Mean for Investors in 2012A Lipper expert describes some important trends from last year and what they may signal for both advisors and investors this year.
January 16, 2012
New Tool for Alpha Generation: S&P MarketScopeI'm evaluating Standard & Poor's MarketScope tool to help me with my mutual fund and other investment vehicle selections for client portfolios. So far, so good.
January 15, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: New PIMCO, State Street FundsPlus other new products and portfolios are launched by Franklin Templeton, SteelPath, Brown and Envestnet.
January 13, 2012
Investors Flee Stocks and Bonds, Stuff Cash in MattressesA new research report reveals that retail investors are pouring their income into bank savings and checking accounts and shunning stocks and bonds in near record numbersdespite all the Federal Reserve has done to entice them into risky assets.
January 13, 2012
Energy Market Imbalance Could Transform Entire IndustriesIn the last five years, the spread between oil and gas prices has materially widened, which potentially has far-reaching effects across a value chain that touches industries including energy, utilities, chemicals and transportation, not to mention geopolitics.
January 12, 2012
SIFMA Says Volcker Rule Threatens to Freeze Corporate Bond MarketSIFMA says that an overly restrictive implementation of the Volcker rule could severely reduce liquidity in the $1 trillion U.S. corporate bond market.
January 12, 2012
What’s Different About the Wealthy? They’re PatientMany people think wealthy investors have a silver bullet to get rich quick, but most wealthy individuals have endured tough times through extreme patience and emotional control