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Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, it turns out fundamental indexing is active management marketed as indexing, and carries the added risks and higher costs of active management.
By Atul Tiwari |February 1, 2012
3 min read
Investors in water-stressed locations or sectors must be mindful of exposure to related risks
By Doug Watt |February 1, 2012
Market Insights
Melissa Shin, managing editor of Advisor's Edge and Advisor's Edge Report, has been reporting live from IMCA’s 2012 New York Consultants Conference. The conference has closed, but you can still read her coverage below.
By Staff |January 31, 2012
64 min read
Having tasted cheap liquidity in December, the now-not-so-shy European banks are champing at the bit to grab twice as much of the ECB’s second emergency funding supply on February 29.
By Vikram Barhat |January 31, 2012
1 min read
The White House is expected to unveil fresh measures to boost small companies’ access to capital this coming Tuesday, in spite of the backlash that previous measures have received from state regulators.
January 31, 2012
American equity markets continue to suffer from a disconnect, with the perception of doom and gloom overpowering a reality that is much rosier. That means it's buying time
By now there’s little debate: the global economy is slowing. The deleveraging process has been slow, with business leading the way, followed by the consumer. That leaves only the government sector to clean up its balance sheet.
2 min read
The upward trend continued this past week thanks mostly to a U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) that put interest rate increases further off into the future.
By Gareth Watson |January 30, 2012
5 min read
Canadians are increasingly concerned about securing a reliable source of income for retirement, according to the results of the most recent Russell Financial Health Index (RFHI).
January 30, 2012
Equity returns during the last quarter of 2011 were reasonably strong and it seems the majority of advisors believe the good times will continue through the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest Advisor Sentiment Survey from Horizons ETFs.
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