Tag: Markets

This will be the third straight year of double-digit gains for domestic stocks, predicts Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and head of the U.S. Large Cap Series equity team at...

The TCW Group, Inc. announced the availability of the TCW Emerging Markets Local Currency Income Fund.

The U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Index began the decade with technology as the most heavily weighted sector, but now the financial sector has emerged as leader.

A new Harris Poll finds 22% of those surveyed pledging to save more for retirement,with 40% planning to save more overall in 2011.

In its latest “Financial Professionals Outlook,” Russell Investments found that 59% of advisers are optimistic about the markets, whereas only 7% believe their clients feel the same.

MSCI Inc. launched the MSCI Micro Cap Indices for all Developed Markets countries and regions covered by MSCI.

Charles Schwab released a study today that found although active traders are feeling more optimistic, being properly hedged against risk is a concern for many.  

Morningstar has launched its latest free mobile Morningstar.com application for Android smartphones that aims to help investors track their portfolios and monitor the markets.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research introduced the Global Financial Stress Index (GFSI), a cross-market gauge of risk, hedging demand and investment flows.

Ninety-two percent of millionaires have not abandoned the stock market, with 43% currently engaged in moderate to heavy buying or selling and 49% waiting for the right opportunity...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Global Investment Committee hosted a press briefing today to discuss its outlook for 2011.  

Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to deliver a family of five factor-based indexes.

John Hancock found that 88% of advisers have urged clients to get back in the investing game, but most are not heeding the advice.

New absolute return portfolios are designed to deliver positive performance over a reasonable timeframe regardless of the ups and downs of the market.

An MFS Investment Management survey found misperceptions regarding asset allocation and retirement readiness. 

Younger boomers still have time to recover from the 2008 economic downturn, but worry about control and stability in retirement more than older boomers.

Fifty-two percent of those in a recent Sun Life Financial poll expect to work at least three years longer than planned, and as many people expect to retire...

The Stable Income Market Index (SIMI) is tailored to the needs of the U.S. Stable Value industry.

Research from Fidelity Investments indicates investors are redefining how they measure financial success amid changing confidence levels and risk tolerance in today’s fluctuating markets.

Russell Investments has launched a new series of benchmarks to reflect the global frontier market.