Investment Strategies
Get the latest market outlook, as well as news and analysis on mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments, all designed to help you construct a well-balanced portfolio for your clients
Clean Energy Options
By Staff WriterHere's a look at some of the newest exchange-traded funds that give investors exposure to alternative energy companies.
May 15, 2007
IA Market Strategist Wins AwardGail Dudack, a member of Investment Advisor's panel of monthly asset allocation experts, has been selected by the Market Technicians Association to receive their 2007...
May 10, 2007
S&P Gives Best Rating to Two New Money Market FundsStandard & Poor's has bestowed on two new money market funds its highest money market rating, AAAm. The AARP Money Market Fund, and the Goldman Sachs Yen Liquid Reserves Fund are the latest in a series of money market funds to receive this rating.
May 08, 2007
Performance Is Critical With Managed AccountsWhen it comes to separately managed accounts, performance is the top issue for advisors, according to a recent poll conducted by Market Metrics of Quincy, Massachusetts. But strong sales and marketing support are important as well because it helps to "accelerate growth for money managers," said Joe Babiec, principal at...
May 01, 2007
Tech True Believers Hard to FindTech stocks have been in a three-year funk, having come out of the late 1990s dot-com bubble with little more than a thready heart beat. With a slew of important product updates this year, including the Microsoft Vista operating system, I figured that this was the time to commit to...
May 01, 2007
Bill Gross on the Housing CrisisIn an April essay discussing the housing market and the subprime lending issue, Bill Gross, manager of the $102 billion PIMCO Total Return Fund, discusses...
May 01, 2007
Catching up with...The search for investments that consistently produce above-market returns, aren't correlated to the overall markets, and carry a relatively low minimum may have become a...
April 30, 2007
Elizabeth Krentzman Rejoins Deloitte & ToucheElizabeth Krentzman, the former general counsel for the Investment Company Institute (ICI) has rejoined Deloitte & Touche's enterprise risk services and audit subsidiary, Deloitte & Touche LLP, as a partner and chief advisor to the investment management industry group's regulatory consulting practice.