Learn how index funds invest in market indexes like the S&P 500 for broad diversification and market performance replication.

The equity premium puzzle (EPP) highlights the unexpectedly high historical returns of stocks over Treasury bills. Explore ...

A few weeks ago, I argued that picking a winning active mutual fund is harder than it looks, and investors can incur hefty opportunity costs when they get it wrong. In this article, I thought I’d ...

As investors tire of crowded portfolios and average returns, concentrated equity funds are drawing attention for their clarity, conviction, and willingness to take sharper bets.

Finance industry participants and observers have recently been using the term crossover funds to describe investment vehicles that traffic in both public and private securities. The phenomenon it ...

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sept 19 (Reuters) - Investors divested equity funds on a large scale in the week to September 17 to lock in profits as an extended record-setting rally in global stocks amid an interest rate cut by ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Alex Nicoll Every time Alex publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves. By Maureen Farrell Maureen Farrell covers ...

Private equity proponents argue that one of the asset class’s biggest selling points is its low volatility compared with public equities. But Verdad Advisers founder Dan Rasmussen, a longtime critic ...

Last year, the amount of capital raised by U.S. private equity funds decreased by over $100 billion compared to the previous ...