Like climate change, the forces driving investors to passive investing may be too far along to turn back. The velocity toward index-driven dystopia appears to be increasing.
Among the assets under scrutiny are emerging-market bonds, which for only the third time in history are yielding less than U.S. junk debt.
The Shanghai Composite Index began moving upward mid-year, and reached its highest level since December 2015 on Monday.
Former Edward Jones advisor sues over fake Craigslist ads, relying on backtested data can be dangerous, and Envestnet-PMC offering long/short equity strategies.
All it took was the best stock picking in a decade.
Whatever the speeches bring, history shows Jackson Hole does provide the opportunity for market fireworks.
These days, it’s a fractious White House fomenting global political risk that for a decade had emanated from Europe.
Financial advisors must be vigilant in educating their clients about the risks present in stock and bond markets.
The S&P 500 Index gained less than 0.1 percent over the second-quarter earnings season, the second-worst performance in 4 1/2 years.
The fund gained 6.8 percent on commodities, equities and currencies.