The Markets

Investors are more bullish towards global equities than at any time in the past decade, according to the Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers...

Long-term mutual funds roared back in January with nearly $30 billion in estimated inflows, according to Morningstar’s latest data.

Having broken the $1 trillion milestone in December, many questioned whether inflows into U.S. ETFs had become overheated, according to Morningstar.

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimates that investors poured an additional $10.9 billion into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January 2011.

U.S. mutual fund investors added about $34 billion in net cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in January 2011.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $7.2 billion in December, according to Financial Research Corporation. 

Exchange-traded fund assets increased $8.8 billion (0.9%) during the month of January, to a total of approximately $1 trillion, according to State Street Global Advisors ETF Snapshot report.

Morningstar, Inc. has introduced four data points for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that it says will provide investors with more robust measures of the total costs and risks associated...

The mutual fund industry has benefited this past year from moderately improved investor confidence, rising stock prices, rapid fund innovation, and evolving leadership among fund managers, notes a...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that investors will be able to access information that money market funds file with the agency, including its...

MGM Resorts International said it will immediately resume matching payments to eligible employees participating in the firm's 401(k) Savings Plan for 2011.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 12,000 yesterday, the first time it has closed that high since June 19, 2008.

Vanguard is bringing the Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) to market, which will track the MSCI All Country World ex USA Investable Market Index.

The median return of the State Street Universe (SSU) of total plans rose 5.3% in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the State Street Corporation.

Investors worldwide contributed $40 billion of new cash flows to long-term mutual funds in November, two-thirds of which went to equity funds.

Causeway Capital Management LLC launched Causeway Global Absolute Return Fund, which will have long and short exposures to common and preferred stocks primarily in developed markets worldwide.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets reached a record $995 billion in the United States at the end of 2010, according to State Street Global Advisors.

The stock fund gains seen in December are likely a temporary development, with investors expected to continue their focus on income and risk avoidance through 2011.

More than 70% of institutions expect alternatives to account for more than 10% of their portfolios over the next five years, according to a Morningstar survey.

Institutional investment managers expect global inflation to increase and interest rates to rise in the coming months as economic growth accelerates, according to a Northern Trust survey.