The Markets

Russell Investments has posted its official lists of companies that are set to join or leave the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when its U.S. equity indexes are reconstituted...

Investors responded to worrisome economic events in May by yanking $13.2 billion from equity funds.

Despite the return of extreme volatility to financial markets, U.S. mutual fund investors withdrew a net of roughly $7 billion from stock and bond mutual funds in...

May might have been a brutal month for markets around the world, but investors continued to funnel assets into U.S.- listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to the...

Investors put a net $3.5 billion into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in May, according to an estimate from Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company.

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 7% in May, 401(k) participant transfers became strongly fixed income-oriented, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry assets fell $46 billion for the month of May, or 5.5%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

Despite a reduction in the advisory force, retail advisers still represented nearly 60% of total mutual fund gross sales for 2009, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Commissions paid by institutional investors to brokers on trades of U.S. equities are falling far short of projections to this point in 2010, according to Greenwich Associates.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $53.7 billion in April, according to the latest data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

DALBAR, Inc. has released its national study of what investors expect to see in a statement from financial services companies.

New research from The Vanguard Group suggests the watch phrase for equity investors should be: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

In a new study, “Rethinking Lifecycle Funds,” Financial Research Corporation (FRC) says that although target-date funds are being marketed as a total retirement solution, the reality is that...

Sixty-four open-end exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were filed in April, according to the new Fund Filings Review from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Investors have sought refuge in U.S. markets in the week that eurozone states delivered a financial package to allay sovereign debt concerns, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch...

U.S. open-end mutual funds gathered almost $41 billion in assets during April, according to Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.

Investors poured $12.2 billion into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April 2010, bringing total year-to-date net inflows to $19.9 billion, according to Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.

401(k) participant transfers were strongly equity-oriented in April, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets increased by $23.3 billion for the month of April, totaling $830 billion, according to the latest ETF Snapshot from State Street.

Point-of-sale commissions continue to fade from the mutual fund sales process as advisers increasingly sell funds in fee-for-advice arrangements, according to a new study by Strategic Insight, an...