When mutual funds step off the beaten path, there's no telling what will happen. In the past, for example, oddball funds have fought the war on terror...
Don McNay | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business
America ships soldiers off to Afghanistan and Iraq for free. If you come back in a body bag, they ship that back for free, too. However, we make families who send soldiers socks, food and underwear pay shipping costs.
Washington Post | Robert Barnes and Steven Mufson | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business
The Supreme Court this week will hear a case that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation,...
Dan Solin | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business
If a fund takes more risk, it is more volatile and the potential for loss is increased, but the fund should yield greater returns. How can you tell how much risk your actively managed fund is taking?
Marc Gunther | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
The idea here is that Calvert will buy stock in imperfect companies (a category that includes every company I know) and then push them to do better.
New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business
Last summer, Richard A. Posner, a federal appeals court judge, issued a surprising and prescient dissent. Executive pay is out of control, he said, an...
Shawn Bayern | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
Bankers are not popular right now. I have friends who have taken to calling them "banksters," a term that apparently dates back to the Great Depression and now gets 300,000 Google hits.
Susan Morgan | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business
For the vast number of people who feel it is unethical to help fund genocide, the decision to vote in favor of the Vanguard shareholder proposal is an easy one.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green
As tax week comes to a close, we've all got our money on our minds, so it's the perfect time to consider how the cash we've put so much energy into earning will work to preserve our planet.
Dan Solin | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business
How is an investor supposed to pick the winners from the losers, when the vast majority of actively managed funds (over 95%) will under perform their benchmark over a ten year period?
Dan Solin | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business
The 401(k) system is a disgrace. Let's just admit defeat. We are no match for this powerful industry. We need to stop tinkering with these plans, toss them out, and start all over.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business
While investors express dismay and shock about Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme, nothing about the affair is even slightly surprising. The s...
Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.
Bloomberg | Craig Torres and Christopher Condon | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will provide up to $540 billion in loans to help relieve pressure on money-market mutual funds beset by re...
Rob Kall | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics
It's hard to imagine that after eight years of Bush, most Americans not concluding that the GOP and its governing approach have caused their pain, their loss, and their fear for the future.
Diane Francis | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business
Here's my latest warning: Do not be lulled into buying equities because there was a bounce in markets, where some losses were recouped. Or buying bec...
Dan Solin | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business
Another study demonstrates the consequences of following the advice of brokers and advisors who push actively managed funds on their trusting clients.
Financial Times | Deborah Brewster | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business
All but one of the 25 largest US mutual fund managers saw their long-term assets fall in the first quarter, as returns dived and investors pulled out ...
US News and World Report | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business