The Markets

ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares began listing on the NYSE Arca on Friday, trading under the ticker AGOL, ETF Securities announced. 

Barclays Bank PLC has launched a series of iPath Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to the inverse performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Excess Return. 

The Certificate of Deposit (CD) Savings Plan is the newest addition to Indiana’s CollegeChoice 529 Plan, which already includes Direct Savings Plan and Advisor Savings Plan options.   

At the end of December, U.S. ETF assets stood at $1.005 trillion – the first time U.S. ETF assets surpassed $1 trillion.

Demand among U.S. investors for stock mutual funds accelerated by year end, with aggregate inflows to equity funds, including ETFs, near $25 billion, according to Strategic Insight, an...

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets rose $63.3 billion for the month of December—up 6.8%. 

Four out of five companies would drop money market mutual funds (MMFs) from their portfolios if a floating net asset value (NAV) becomes a requirement. 

Only 28 of the approximately 7,000 publicly-owned companies that report dividend information to Standard & Poor's decreased their dividend payment during 4Q2010.

A Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) survey finds asset managers are more focused on valuation for accuracy, risk management, transparency and accountability purposes.

U.S. REITs outperformed the broader equity market in 2010, matching their gains in 2009, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).

This will be the third straight year of double-digit gains for domestic stocks, predicts Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and head of the U.S. Large Cap Series equity team at...

Worldwide, mutual funds added more than $900 billion in long-term net gains for 2010, according to a report from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $11.3 billion in November, according to the latest fund flow data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

The U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Index began the decade with technology as the most heavily weighted sector, but now the financial sector has emerged as leader.

Investors do not want to jump to a rational conversation about facts and figures right away; financial advisers need to understand them on an emotional level first.    

Year-to-date, mutual funds globally raked in $804 billion, according to data from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Fidelity Investments has launched its automated stock option netting functionality.

A snapshot of 403(b) plan sponsors by the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) finds employers and employees are staying the course in the face of a difficult...

A study by the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America found less than half of 403(b) plan sponsors have an investment committee in place, and only 9% monitor if...

Exchange-traded funds gained $10.3 billion in November, pushing year-to-date inflows to $95.6 billion, according to data from Morningstar.