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Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged, Sees Fewer Rate Hikes for Year
By Bernice NapachFed lowers growth forecasts for year and for longer range, saying weaker data merit close watching.
June 14, 2016
With FutureAdvisor, BlackRock Seeks to Compete With Schwab, VanguardBlackRock says its robo offering provides advisory firms, wealth managers and banks a credible way to take on Schwab and Vanguard.
June 13, 2016
Top Portfolio Products: Franklin Templeton's First Strategic Beta ETFsHow Franklin Templeton hopes to outperform benchmark MSCI global and international indexes with its first suite of strategic beta ETFs.
June 13, 2016
Mutual Funds, RIAs & Brokers: Act Now, or You’ll Lose the Robo RaceAt Morningstar Conference, tech expert Joel Bruckenstein said brokerage firms are not taking full advantage of the technology.
June 13, 2016
Puerto Rico Debt Law Nixed by Court, Leaving Congress in ChargeThe U.S. Supreme Court, siding with investors, ruled that Puerto Rico's public utilities cannot restructure their bonds in order to avoid default.
June 13, 2016
Green Bonds: A Surging Market for Socially Responsible InvestingThe green bond market could double in size this year, boosted by issuance from China and U.S. corporations like Apple.
June 13, 2016
Investments in Commodity, Fixed Income ETFs Hit Record HighIn May, U.S.-listed funds gathered net inflows of $3.3 billion, with the biggest gainers commodity ETFs/ETPs.
June 13, 2016
Most Expensive Bond Market in History Has Come Unhinged. Or Not.Global yields are lowest since at least 1871, says Jack Malvey; term premiums in U.S., Japan, Germany and U.K. turn negative.