Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
Discipline, Dividends, Diversification
By Kate McBrideNot so long ago, investing in stocks that paid dividends was decidedly uninteresting. Investors clamored for companies in which smart CEOs plowed cash back into...
June 30, 2006
Highline Product Opens Better Window Into Insurer PortfoliosOne of National Underwriter's sister companies is updating a Web-based service that can help subscribers analyze insurance company securities holdings.Highline Data, Hoboken, N.J., a unit ...
June 04, 2006
Assumed Reinsurance Fell Sharply Last Year, MARC Survey FindsTotal U.S. ordinary reinsurance assumed fell sharply in 2005, down over 51% compared with 2004, driven by a decline in recurring reinsurance, according to a ...
May 01, 2006
Protect YourselfFor me, identity theft always happened to the "other guy," though when it did, it was devastating to watch. That is, until it happened to...
April 01, 2006
Best of BreedSeparately managed accounts (SMAs) are a segment of money management that is growing ever more popular with advisors who work with high-net-worth individuals, large family...
April 01, 2006
The Tilt of Beating the Market?The stock market is a long way from Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor's fictional Minnesota town where everyone is above average. In fact, when it comes...
April 01, 2006
Anything but MiddlingDuring the past several years while virtually all the net flows for mutual funds went to value funds, there was a small cadre of growth...