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What top-performing investment strategists and portfolio managers are thinking about the latest market trends and how to build high-performing portfolios.
Fidelity Veteran Joins Putnam
By Staff WriterThe board of Great-West Lifeco Inc. has hired Robert Reynolds to be president of the Putnam Investments unit.Great-West, Winnipeg, Manitoba, a subsidiary of Power Corp. ...
June 01, 2008
Troubled UBS Grows in ETNsDespite massive multi-billion dollar write-downs and a growing chorus of angry activist shareholders, UBS has introduced eight new commodity linked exchange-traded notes. The UBS E-TRACS ETNs...
June 01, 2008
Morningstar Line AwakensMorningstar Investment Services launched a managed account service consisting of a line-up of five actively managed portfolios that use ETFs. Ameritas Investment Corp. and Centaurus Financial,...
June 01, 2008
(Re)Opened for BusinessIn last year's annual letter to their shareholders, the managers of Dodge & Cox Stock's $54.6 billion stock fund wrote that outperforming the S&P 500...
May 28, 2008
Despite Citi's selloff, SIVs still safeWe've been closely following the structured investment market in the wake of the subprime mess, and word comes this week that Citigroup has slashed the...
May 12, 2008
Mark DelfinoMark Delfino has permanently joined HoyleCohen as managing director and chief operating officer, after a year at the firm as a consultant. He has over 20 years of experience as a senior operations executive and advisor. Prior to joining H
May 01, 2008
Overcoming the fear factor"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful."-Warren BuffettStatistics show that trying to time the market by getting in at the bottom and exiting at the top is nearly impossible. For example, during the dot-com
May 01, 2008
ICI Supporting New Labor Dept. PlansThe Investment Company Institute has commended the Department of Labor for its comprehensive approach to disclosure for 401(k) plans, including proposed rules that will help...