The Markets

Stock and bond funds experienced June net inflows of $25.5 billion according to new Financial Research Corporation (FRC) data. 

The investing environment for the next 10 years won’t match the boom conditions of the 1980s and 1990s, but will be much better than that of the decade...

Fidelity Investments has released research data that finds varying investor reaction and behavior to the ongoing market volatility.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the State Street Private Equity Index posted a 2.22% return.

Exchange traded fund (ETF) industry assets in the U.S. decreased 0.4% during the first half of 2010, as investors held $772 billion in 897 ETFs as of June...

The general investing public has realized that costs matter when selecting mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a recent Vanguard Group study.

With earnings per share for its fiscal first quarter expected to be up between 81% and 116%, the FedEx Corporation announced Monday it would fully restore its 401(k)...

Principal’s frozen real estate fund has made another payment.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed measures aimed at improving the regulation of mutual fund distribution fees and providing better disclosure for investors.

As global equity markets stumbled during the second quarter, so did returns for target maturity funds, according to Ibbotson Associates. 

The majority of financial advisers (87%) expect income taxes to increase for most of their clients in the next 12 to 18 months, with one in four...

A new study from BNY Mellon's Pershing Advisor Solutions finds nearly half of RIAs work for a firm that has a written policy governing the use...

Investors who were skittish over the European sovereign debt crisis and whether the global economy would slide back into recession reversed course in May. 

Flows into U.S. mutual funds reached $13.5 billion in June, according to data from Morningstar.  

June marked the fifth consecutive month of inflows for U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Morningstar reported.  

U.S. investors put $176 billion into stock and bond mutual funds (excluding ETFs) in the first half of 2010, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company. 

The 34% global market rebound of 2009, while a welcome respite, only slightly improved the funding status of S&P 500 pension plans, according to a recent analysis.