Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
Top Portfolio Products: iShares Rolls Out Commodity Trust ETF
By Marlene Y. SatterEmerging Global Advisors has launched the EGShares EM Dividend High Income ETF, and Edward Jones has plans to introduce its fixed-income mutual fund to some clients.
August 13, 2013
What’s a Fixed Income Investor to Do? Try Alt Asset ClassesFor asset allocation portfolios built on the proposition that bonds act as a counterbalance to stock volatility, its time to consider some alternatives.
August 10, 2013
Top Portfolio Products: First Trust Launches Managed-Futures ETFGlobal X offers an MLP and energy infrastructure ETF, while DMS Funds rolls out a Poland-focused index fund.
August 08, 2013
PIMCO’s Gross: Bond Warriors, Prepare for Battle!Bonds, like armies that dont change with the times, could be vanquished if they fail to keep up with the demands of a changing market, according to Bill Gross.
August 08, 2013
Equity Envy: Should Investors in Global Stocks Shift to U.S. Equities?U.S.-only stock investors may be the subject of equity envy with their globally invested peers, but to load up on American while ignoring international may be a bad idea, says a GersteinFisher report.
August 07, 2013
2 Key Items to Consider in Alt Manager SelectionNot all long/short strategies (or managers) are created equal, something about which Adam Patti doesnt mince words.
August 07, 2013
Funds to Watch: What Investors Are Eyeing NowMorningstar's most-researched funds list reveals some possible portfolio trends among advisors and investors.
August 07, 2013
The Advisor of the Future: Neither Human Nor Robot, but CyborgYes, there are 'robo-advisor' offerings claiming to offer sophisticated advice to financial consumers, but how much of a threat are they to 'real' advisors? What you can learn from the robots.