Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
Climate Change and Asset Allocation
By Bob KeaneFor the most part it is widely acknowledged that climate change will have a broad-ranging impact on global economies and financial markets. The recently issued...
April 01, 2010
Annuity Sales IncreaseTwo reports released in late February by the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) found that the sales of both fixed and variable annuities continued to recover...
April 01, 2010
Clear Thinkers"The value of due diligence is greater now than it ever has been," says J. Gibson Watson III, president of Prima Capital Holding, and the...
April 01, 2010
The Green Advisor: Earth Day RevisitedApril 2010 will mark the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day. In the first installment of this column in June 2008, I wrote about...
March 31, 2010
Curian Capital Introduces Risk-, Inflation-Focused PortfoliosCurian Capital, a Denver-based asset management firm, has added two products to its stable of custom portfolios
March 30, 2010
S&P Lowers Rating of SPDR Bond FundStandard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its fund credit quality rating on SPDR Barclays Capital International Treasury Bond ETF
March 30, 2010
Global Investor Confidence Index Rose in MarchAsian institutional investors led the way
March 30, 2010
Sovereign Debt and Asset AllocationWe're facing extraordinarily high levels of government debt, but GDP growth is moderate at best. Are we facing disaster?