With fierce competition for spotting early startup winners, some venture capitalists are developing new strategies to find promising young businesses, such as sponsoring student-run funds.
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Still coping with fallout from last year’s departure of Bill Gross, the money manager has brought Ben Bernanke on board to help fill the void.
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The current surge in deals, led by the Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal, has revitalized the merger arbitrage sector.
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Nasdaq stocks are back at record levels, but investors are abandoning the Qubes, a once red-hot ETF that tracks the Nasdaq-100 stocks.
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Money is pouring out of a popular investment tied to the oil market, a sign that a monthlong crude-price rally may be running out of gas.
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Affluent individuals can invest in private equity, a type of investment more common among institutions, through the Altegris-managed fund.
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Foreign stocks generally look cheap compared with U.S. stocks, but investors need to make sure their expectations are reasonable.
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Legg Mason said its profit grew 20% in the first quarter as assets under management also rose.
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Mutual-fund managers like to say that investors pay them to make “the tough decisions.” But one of the toughest decisions a fund manager can make is the one most of them never take: to turn away more money.
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We looked at automated investment services from startups and financial giants. Advice on how to choose.
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As access to mainland-listed ‘A shares’ expands, there are questions about tax on gains from 2009 through last year.
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Lessons from the bursting of the tech-stock bubble in 2000 linger for investors when it comes to being mindful of valuations and the risks of chasing hot markets. Just ask fund manager Paul Meeks.
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Rob Arnott, Jeremy Grantham, Howard Marks and Jeffrey Gundlach share their lessons, some of them learned painfully.
Stocks bounced back in the U.S. while most global markets were shut for May Day. Chip stocks and biotechnology shares, recently beaten down, were at the rally's bleeding edge on Friday. Social media stocks continued to be bruised by weak earnings, this time from LinkedIn (LNKD). Bonds continued to sell off hard as threat of [...]
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