By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject ...

Richard Pzena is one of the most successful value investors, managing nearly $20 billion as of April 2013. In the past year, his Large Cap Focused Value fund's gross annualized performance was 18.9%. Recently, ...

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Capped Index Fund (AMEX: RTL) shows an impressive 25.5% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. Click here to find out 10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying [...]

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower ...

PIMCO is getting ready to launch three new actively managed exchange traded funds this year. The funds will follow the success of PIMCO Total Return  ETF (NYSEArca: BOND) . “These three ETFs are designed ...

U.S.-listed ETF assets hit a record $1.537 trillion on Friday, May 17, while the S'P 500 rallied 17 points, or 1.03 percent, to close at 1,667.47.The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity fund (NYSEAr...

Best & Worst ETFs, Mutual Funds And Key Holdings: Mid-Cap Blend Style

A company emerging from a C-Suite transition is the latest stock purchase of this mutual fund titan.

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors worldwide cut back on commitments to high-yield "junk" bond funds in the latest week, giving just $100 million to the funds globally after committing ...

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Investors seeking total return, both regular income and long term capital appreciation, should include balanced funds in their portfolio.

Conservative investors prefer debt instruments not only because they safeguard the capital invested but also for the regular income flows they provide.

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector Index Fund (IYK) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 144,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 33,000. Shares of IYK were trading flat on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest volume on [...]

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index Fund (AMEX: SCZ) where we have detected an approximate $54.7 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.6% increase week over week in outstanding units [...]

High fees plus poor performance: The formula is pretty easy to determine what makes a bad mutual fund. Some, though, are worse than others.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund (AMEX: IYF) where we have detected an approximate $47.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 4.8% increase week over week in outstanding [...]

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund (AMEX: CFT) where we have detected an approximate $22.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.6% decrease week over week (from 12,400,000 to 12,200,000). Click …

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (AMEX: HDV) where we have detected an approximate $34.5 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.9% decrease week over week (from 53,100,000 to 52,600,000). Among …

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Chile Capped Investable Market Index Fund (AMEX: ECH) where we have detected an approximate $12.2 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.3% decrease week over week (from 8,850,000 …

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund (AMEX: IWO) where we have detected an approximate $128.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.8% increase week over week in outstanding units (from [... …

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (AMEX: PFF) where we have detected an approximate $26.5 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.2% decrease week over week (from 305,350,000 to [...]

Vanguard's New Emerging Markets Bond Fund: A Day Late And A Dollar Short?

BlackRock’s iShares engineered actively managed exchange traded funds in direct competition with the mutual fund industry, targeting registered investment advisors who are looking for alternative core ...

Japan is So Hot, Mutual Funds Are Curbing New Money

* Nomura Asset's fund has grown four-fold since Dec, to $8.8 bln * Other funds also halting subscriptions as stock rally revives sector * Japan-focused equity funds' net inflows 300 bln yen in April -Lipper ...

See 1, 3, 5 and 10-year returns for Kiplinger 25 funds as well as other key data. Click on the fund name to see individual profiles of our favorites, or click the ticker symbol for a daily market snapshot ...

Bond funds provide greater flexibility in an era of high interest-rate risk.

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Asset Management said on Friday it will suspend new subscription for its $8.8 billion actively managed Japanese equities mutual fund as its asset size neared capacity, ...

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in funds based in the United States poured $8.9 billion into stock funds in the latest week, the most in nine weeks as the S&P 500 continued to hit new record ...

Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets fell $1.04 billion to $2.582 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute. Assets of the nation's retail money market ...

U.S. municipal bond funds posted net inflows of $306.31 million in the week ended May 15, a near 14-fold increase from the $22.06 million inflow recorded in the previous week, according to data released ...

The headlines about exchange-traded funds suggest there are no limits to the growth of these low-cost, easily traded alternatives to mutual funds. Among the recent developments: ETFs have attracted at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Municipal bond funds reported a net inflow of $306.31 million in the week ended May 15, nearly 14 times the inflow of $22.06 million in the previous week, according to data released ...

Muni Bond Fund Inflows Strengthening Again

Also, Vanguard rolls out an emerging-markets bond fund, major portfolio manager departures at T. Rowe Price and FPA, Neuberger Berman to launch a China fund, and Invesco to rework its quant funds.

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. municipal bond funds reported a net inflow of $306.31 million in the week ended May 15, nearly 14 times the inflow of $22.06 million in the previous week, according ...

The healthcare sector is one of the most desirable avenues for parking investments when markets are headed south.

In trading on Thursday, shares of S&P/TSX Global Gold Index Fund (Toronto: XGD) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.2288), with the stock changing hands as low as $11.32 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking …

Mutual funds are caught in the middle of one of the most contentious issues in American politics: Spending by big business to gain influence in Washington.

BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Befimmo SCA : * Says net asset value of EUR55.36 per share as at 31 March 2013

In trading on Thursday, shares of the iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Fund ETF (AMEX: STIP) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $102.351 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum [...]

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund (AMEX: IWN) where we have detected an approximate $69.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.3% decrease week over week (from 61,650,000 to 60,850,000). …

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (AMEX: IYR) where we have detected an approximate $176.2 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.0% decrease week over week (from 77,700,000 [...]

Best And Worst ETFs, Mutual Funds And Key Holdings: All-Cap Value Style

ETF Spotlight on the PowerShares CEF Income Composiite Portfolio ETF (NYSEArca: PCEF) , part of an ongoing series. Assets : $502.5 million. Objective : The PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio tries ...

ETF Spotlight on the PowerShares CEF Income Composiite Portfolio ETF (NYSEArca: PCEF) , part of an ongoing series. Assets : $502.5 million. Objective : The PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio tries ...

Move Like Jagger With This U.K. Index Fund

The following are the closing values for the Dreyfus Cash Management Funds as of May 15, 2013.