The Markets

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.

Flows into bond funds in November, although somewhat off from the blistering pace of the prior three months, were very robust at $38 billion, according to Strategic Insight...

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

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

Looks like bonds are back—and in a big way. 

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,...

Retirement plan participants invested in target-date funds along with other funds offered by the plan could end up with a potentially inferior portfolio in terms of risk/return tradeoff,...

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 Financial Research Corporation (FRC) predicts that if the market remains stable and does not go through another crisis within the next five years, sub-advised mutual fund and...

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

Target-date funds with high equity allocation at retirement have come under fire lately, but T. Rowe Price is sticking with its strategy.

While exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets will continue to grow rapidly, ETF providers see 401(k) accounts as a continued challenge, according to Cerulli Associates.

For the third consecutive month, investors deposited a $40 billion-plus amount into bond funds, bringing year-to-date bond fund flow volumes to an enormous $330 billion, according to data...

Regions Financial Corp. Chief Executive Dowd Ritter told employees the bank will restore its 401(k) matching contributions and restart its accruals on employees’ pension plans in January.

The latest Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey found that risk appetite among investors is tip-toeing upward.

Specific environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors can have a positive impact on portfolio returns, according to a new Mercer report.

The good news is that the economy will see growth in 2010—but it will be modest, said Paul Zemsky, head of asset allocation and multi-manager investments at ING...

A survey by Morningstar, Inc., and Barron's magazine found that despite questionable performance during the market downturn and hedge fund scandals, institutional investors and advisers still view alternative...

Black & Decker Corp. is restoring pay cuts and the firm’s 401(k) match, according to published reports.

The Washington Times has told staff that it is suspending its 401(k) match.