Tag: Markets

U.S. investors’ use of bond mutual funds reached record levels in 2009.

Fund managers polled late last year were significantly more optimistic about their business prospects than those surveyed at mid-year, according to Cerulli Associates.

BlackRock, Inc. said that global exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets hit an all time high of $1 trillion at the end of 2009.

Investors should be positive about 2010, but not expecting a repeat of 2009, said the CIO of BlackRock.

Major U.S. stock indexes ended what turned out to be a good year on a sour note—albeit on very light trading volume.

Celebrity affairs can cost more than just a marriage, new research suggests.

Affluent and millionaire investors are heading into the New Year with sinking investment confidence, according to a monthly survey from Spectrem Group.

As 2009 nears its end, it looks like it will be a good year for many equity indexes.

On the heels of a financial crisis that shook both the financial services industry and investors worldwide, a new report catalogs a surge in mutual fund flows—and a...

U.S. money managers participating in a recent Russell Investments poll are apparently an optimistic bunch, predicting equity markets still have room to grow during 2010.

Investors expect moderate economic growth and solid returns in global equities in 2010, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for December.

Another strong November showing has allowed taxable bond ETFs to walk off with “most popular” honors, with $32.1 billion in net year-to-date inflows, according to Morningstar.

In its annual investment outlook, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research projected above-consensus GDP growth and a bullish outlook for equities.

Thanks to the weak economy in 2009, the PNC Christmas Price Index increased by a modest 1.8% compared to last year.

2009 could be another record-setting year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a new report.

According to the latest ETF Snapshot report by State Street Global Advisers (SSgA), as of November 30, assets in the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry totaled approximately $739 billion,...

Sixty percent of investors in 401(k) plans administered by The Vanguard Group who maintained retirement balances over the last two years now have the same or higher balances...

Plans in the Callan DC Index underperformed the average comparable (2030) target-date fund last quarter, and the difference in allocations to equity could explain why.

The stock market is poised to perform fairly well in 2010, according to portfolio managers at T. Rowe Price.

Financial advisers are split over whether the recession has ended, according to the latest Brinker Barometer.