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Is Factor Investing Active Management?
By Christopher G. Huemmer, CFAVarious factors affect investing returns and/or client goals, and understanding how they compare with a market-weighted investing approach is crucial to helping meet clients needs.
August 27, 2015
Consumer comfort in U.S. improves to 5-week high on financesConsumer attitudes were on the mend in the weeks leading up to market volatility, bolstered by the creation of 211,000 jobs.
August 26, 2015
MLP Distributions Not Tied to Oil Prices: ExpertsIn the past 12 months, midstream MLPs have boosted distributions 7.5%, despite the rapidly falling price of crude.
August 26, 2015
BlackRock Snaps Up FutureAdvisor: Could Wealthfront or Betterment Be Next?As the fifth-largest robo-advisor is bought, all eyes are now on Wealthfront and Betterment as the next acquisition target, advisor techie Bill Winterberg says.
August 26, 2015
The One-Man, $1.2 Billion ETF ShopAndrew Chanin's PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF has had one of the fastest ascents in history.
August 26, 2015
Why Investors Shouldn’t ‘Buy the Dip’Macro and market risks remain elevated. We are not out of the woods yet by a long shot.
August 26, 2015
S&P/Case-Shiller Reports Home Prices Rose Again in JunePotential spoilers of the upward trend: a Fed rate rise and volatility in the stock market.
August 26, 2015
Consumer confidence in U.S. increases more than forecastAmericans remained emboldened by job gains, cheaper gasoline and rising home prices in the period leading up to a slump in stock prices.