Gold has added 13 percent this year as Trump failed to deliver on campaign promises to ramp up U.S. growth by cutting taxes and boosting infrastructure spending.

Institutional quant hedge funds have addressed the risk issues that caused 2007 losses, but the newer retail products cannot.

If anything, the market’s ability to bounce back is getting stronger.

Events of the past year including make-or-break elections for the euro have washed over financial markets, suggesting policy, not politics, would be the rally’s undoing.

Investors poured $870 million into SPDR Gold in the second quarter, taking the fund’s total assets to $34 billion.

Money managers boosted positions in European shares, citing the risk of policy blunders by major central banks and tensions with North Korea.

As a value investor, GAMCO Co-Chief Investment Officer Chris Marangi puts more emphasis on the quality of a company's management and culture. And he sees a future for active management in a choppy or bear market.

The Trump administration needs to deliver on a couple of its campaign promises.

Forget the higher costs of active investing; the real problem is achieving the desired goals.

Historically, a low presidential approval rating is a harbinger of stress in the equity markets. Trump’s rating is very low. Will this time be different?