Apr 25, 2011

Commodities are big news nowadays. Not that that’s anything new. After all, the market breakdown of 2008 was preceded by huge run-ups in oil, precious metals and foodstuff futures. Speculation—fostered by a proliferation of exchange...

Demand Picks Up for Dividend-Paying Stocks

Apr 22, 2011

60 Seconds with Don Schreiber, Jr., CEO and founder of WBI Investments in Little Silver, N.J.

The Error of ETP Ways

Apr 19, 2011

“Close” may be good enough for horseshoes and hand grenades, but it just doesn’t cut it for exchange-traded product (ETP) returns. Investors and their advisors are often surprised by the disparate results obtained from their...

Move Over Morningstar: Advisors Tout Ease of Use of Putnam’s New Fund Tool

Apr 18, 2011

Morningstar may have some competition in the marketplace for evaluating mutual funds. Putnam Investments rolls out its new FundVisualizer today, an open-architecture tool that allows advisors to research and compare over 10,000 mutual fund and ETF...

Advisors Get More Flexible

Apr 14, 2011

Advisors and investors are turning to mutual funds with more flexible mandates to cushion their portfolios against the unknowns. During the first quarter, $12.2 billion went into global flexible funds, compared to $8.9 billion in the fourth...

Muni Bonds Will Survive: SIFMA Panel

Apr 07, 2011

Beleaguered municipal bonds received a vote of confidence from financial service executives at SIFMA’s Private Client Conference this morning.