Tag: Investing

UBS Investment Bank announced the new UBS E-TRACS 2x Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index has begun trading on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol, MLPL.

 Investment Risk Management Systems Inc. has released a new Web-based tool that uses risk, return and persistence ratings to identify funds with low risk and high returns.

 Fidelity Investments has announced it has restructured its 20‐year‐old Select Environmental Portfolio to increase exposure to faster growing industries, such as alternative energy and energy efficiency, while reducing...

Morningstar, Inc. has created the Morningstar StockInvestor Core Index , a diversified portfolio of stocks from the Tortoise and Hare portfolios featured in the Morningstar StockInvestor newsletter.

More than one-third (38%) of retirement plan participants have increased the amount they are saving for retirement following the market downturn of recent years, according to a survey...

Vanguard announced plans to expand its index fund family, introducing 19 new funds with ETF Shares to provide investors with additional low-cost stock and bond choices.

Half of employees participating in a recent survey say they decided on their defined contribution plan contribution because it was the most they could afford.

In spite of stock market rebounds and emerging signs of recovery in various economic indicators, wealthy investors have apparently decided to exercise caution.

Curian Capital, LLC, a provider of a fee-based wealth management platform for financial professionals, has added two strategies to its Custom Style Portfolios.

Male species—from humans to sparrows—appear to have more pronounced personalities than their female counterparts, according to new research.

Investor behavior is largely determined by nature rather than nurture, according to a new study by finance professors at Claremont McKenna College and the University of Washington.

With Hispanic and black Americans leading the way, surveyed consumers resolve to save and invest more in the New Year.

Some Americans are pulling back from investing—which potentially means fewer people will be in the market for a financial adviser, according to a survey from AlixPartners, a global...

The majority of investors said the amount of risk they have taken with their investments has stayed the same over the past two years, according to a Financial...

More than half of surveyed advisers (57%) indicated that the economic crisis has had a large impact on their business—but it also might be an opportunity.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $55.5 billion in May, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).