Investors should reduce their holdings of speculative-grade bonds going into the last three months of the year as yields on the notes hover near record lows, according to Morgan Stanley.
The Advisor Confidence Index tabulated by Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking dropped 1.76 percent in September compared with August, but advisors did express a more optimistic long-term outlook.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved regulations that will prevent banks from keeping secret the yields on certain state and local government bonds during the first trading...
The Financial Planning Coalition renewed its call today for Congress to protect investors by supporting the SEC's oversight of registered investment advisors.
Finra has censured and fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc...
Fixed income exchange-traded products (ETPs) have been the fastest growing segment of the global exchange traded industry for 10 years, and there's more of where that came from.
Financial advisor Ron Carson is launching a new institutional asset management service that offers other advisors access to the thematic portfolios his $3 billion RIA firm has developed...
Putnam Investments, which was recently voted to have the best Web site in the asset management industry for financial advisors by Kasina, is expanding its social media presence with a blog...
An intriguing industry white paper aimed at politicians may offer something for advisors as well.
The company cut the operating expense ratio on all of its 15 ETFs, making each fund the cheapest in its respective Lipper category.
The jobless rate rose in August in five of 10 states considered battlegrounds in the U.S. presidential election less than two months before voters head to the polls.
The SEC is seeking to determine whether some private-equity firms are taking more profits from investments than they should under agreements with fund clients, according to two people with...
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital LP, had more than $10 million in assets stolen when his Santa Monica, California, home was burglarized last week.
A group of U.S. senators is quietly attempting to do something almost unthinkable in Washington: craft a bipartisan solution to the nation's growing deficit in an election year.
California advisor Lee Loomis and six others are indicted for running a Ponzi scheme and mortgage fraud.
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation says the second distribution covers nearly 1,100 accounts.
California debt is poised to extend its biggest rally in at least 18 years as Governor Jerry Brown curbs borrowing and pushes for tax increases to plug budget deficits.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank's third round of bond purchases will probably fail to create jobs while risking higher inflation.
A Republican spin on the Buffett rule would allow a place on tax returns for voluntary contributions to the national debt.