Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
The Outlook: Negative, but Sound
By Marlene Y. SatterIn the second half of 2008, Fitch Ratings moved its ratings outlook for most insurance regions and sectors globally to negative. It now expects a...
April 01, 2009
Clark at Large: Timing Is EverythingI don't usually write about mutual funds. My now ex-wife was/is a partner at Thornburg Funds, and it didn't seem fair to expect people to...
April 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: The Silver LiningTokyo-based SPARX Group was founded in 1989 by Shuhei Abe, who has since grown the investment firm into one of Asia's largest asset managers (and...
April 01, 2009
The Psychology of Advice: High AnxietyIf your heart beats faster when you check the market update, your head swims when you scan The Wall Street Journal, or your throat dries...
March 27, 2009
Dems Question AIG TransactionsTwenty-seven House Democrats are calling for an investigation of federal approvals of efforts to unwind transactions with American International Group Inc. counterparties.
March 27, 2009
A Clear VisionIf you--like Dr. Richard Sandor--believe in the proposition that air and water will become the asset classes of the near future, you understand that companies helping to provide clean air and water will be good investments.
March 26, 2009
Tool Helps Build Policy PortfoliosA life settlement provider is marketing a system to fund managers that will let fund managers aggregate insurance policies by size, type and performance characteristics such as projected rate of return.