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BlackRock gearing up for a fee war
CEO Larry Fink says the fcompany plans to reduce fees on a number of ETFs to better compete with rivals.
iShares emerges with new ammo in fee war
BlackRock Inc.'s iShares woke to an unexpected present from rival exchange-traded- fund provider The Vanguard Group Inc. on Tuesday morning.
Genworth adds more investment options
Strategies from investment firms BlackRock Financial Management Inc., DoubleLine Capital LP, F-Squared Investments Inc., and Forward Management LLC were added to the mix, as well as four other strategies from firms already on the Genworth platform.
Fiscal cliff notes: Investors blind to ‘negative surprise,’ says BlackRock
Stock prices do not reflect real possibility of automatic tax hikes, spending cuts
Vanguard shrugs off iShares fee cuts
The Vanguard Group Inc. — a long-time champion of low-cost investing — is about to face its first…
Gloves come off in ETF price war
The ongoing price war among providers of exchange-traded funds is heating up. The Charles Schwab Corp. last Friday unveiled…
BlackRock gears up for a fee war
BlackRock Inc. chief executive Laurence Fink last Monday confirmed what many already had expected when he said that…
Vanguard fires another shot in ETF fee war
The Vanguard Group Inc. will be the first to tell you that it isn't in the midst of…
Vanguard fires another shot in ETF fee war
Vanguard Group Inc. will be the first to tell you that it isn't in the midst of an ETF fee war, but to its competitors it sure must feel that way
How close are we to the fiscal cliff?
The following is excerpted from the iShares mid-year outlook report courtesy of BlackRock. To read the full version…
Looking beyond the obvious for yield
A dvisers are looking more broadly at asset classes for income opportunities — but there is more work…
Five questions: Dennis Stattman
BlackRock investment guru discusses the surge in go-anywhere funds -- and why it may hurt investors
Investors see foreign junk as slam-dunk
Pouring funds into global high-yield ETFs; return up more than 10% in the first quarter
Don’t look for correction in market correction, says Doll
BlackRock strategist sees equities possibly shedding up to 7% of value; 'a guessing game'
BlackRock’s Rieder: ‘There is no bond bubble’
CIO certain another round of quantitative easing is in the cards; likes junk bonds
BlackRock exec wants investors in the markets
As a founder and president of BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest investment manager, with $3.5 trillion in assets,…
iShares embraces active ETFs — sort of
BlackRock Inc.'s exchange-traded-fund arm has two fixed-income ETFs in the works that will not track underlying indexes, which makes them technically actively managed
Bogle: ETFs great for trading, not so great for investors
So-called father of indexing John Bogle still not a fan of exchange-traded funds, saying that the sheer volume of them makes 'a muddy pool muddier.'
BlackRock’s Fink says investors should be 100% in equities
World not going to fall apart, says BlackRock big; Treasuries a losing proposition
Fidelity takes a global approach to dividends
The Fidelity Global Income Fund will seek to provide more yield than the MSCI All-Country World Index by investing in dividend-paying equities both in developed and emerging markets.
