Forget what you hear about gold and silver being rare commodities. Far more precious than metals is that holy grail of money management -- alpha. The cost of acquiring market outperformance -- or, more properly, the cost of acquiring the...

Advisors don’t appreciate how cautious clients have become, said speakers at the Investment Company Institute’s recent general membership meeting in Washington yesterday. Despite two years of rising markets, clients continue to hold...

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In 2003, the mutual fund industry got slammed when the Securities and Exchange Commission started investigating the market timing and late-day trading activities of several fund families, including Putnam Investments, Janus Capital Group, Invesco...