The concern is that passive investing can stifle competition.

Equities have supplanted bonds as the market to watch as drama builds around funding the U.S. government.

Volatility-starved traders may need to wait until 2018 for the spark that gets the bond market moving again.

It was a calm summer week as investors anticipated information from the U.S. Federal Reserve, The European Central Bank and elsewhere.

U.S. and North Korea tensions that spooked investors have since calmed

Japan and global equity funds led to the ninth straight week of inflows for developed markets, but investors are still sour on U.S. funds