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Investors Overestimate Odds of Market Crash: Shiller Study
By Bernice NapachThe study by Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller and Yale colleague William Goetzmann also finds that those sentiments negatively affect equity fund flows.
March 28, 2018
3 'Hidden Risks' of Smart BetaSmart beta strategies have several risks that providers don't always document fully, a study by Scientific Beta found.
March 27, 2018
Take the Long View When Choosing Active Funds: MorningstarA new Morningstar study shows that investors who focus on 3-, 5- and 10-year returns are missing the whole story.
March 26, 2018
How Can Active Investors Survive in a Passive World? Get SmallInstitutional investors are increasing their allocations to focused strategies, aka concentrated funds.
March 26, 2018
Why Tariffs Are Not So 'Tariffic'In this post, we'll look at how tariffs work, why they exist, what has happened recently, and what we might expect in the near term.
March 23, 2018
Vanguard Shakes Up Its Bond Investing TeamsVanguard periodically rotates its investment professionals for strategic reasons, the firm says.
March 22, 2018
These Actively Managed Funds Tie Fees to PerformanceAllianceBernstein has just launched its FlexFee funds on multiple advisor platforms including Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Pershing, LPL, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
March 22, 2018
`Safe Bonds' Are Not So Safe After AllEuropeans are struggling to create multi-country sovereign bonds that would be safe for investors, including life insurers, to hold.