(Editor's Note: This Q&A has been slightly updated to reflect some changes in the stock market since the interview was conducted.) Patrick Dunkerley, lead portfolio manager of the Scout Mid Cap Fund (ticker: UMBMX), is well-versed in the ...
Investors' hunger for the juicy yields of junk bonds is a major theme this year, but you wouldn't know it from this month's activity in junk-bond exchange-traded funds.
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If Warren Buffett has brought Omaha, Nebraska, closer to Wall Street, Keith Goddard has done the same for Tulsa, Oklahoma. Goddard, the president of Capital Advisors and co-manager of the Capital Advisors Growth Fund (ticker: CIAOX), brings ...
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The returns in the table below include quarterly dividends and assume monthly reinvestment. Fixed-income categories include 12 months of income dividends. Long-term single-state municipal-bond funds have been excluded.
The Dow industrials declined as investors weighed better-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence and a report of regional weakness in Spain. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index edged lower, on pace to cap its biggest weekly gain in more ...
The Eagle Mid Cap Growth Fund (ticker: HAGAX) outpaced the Russell Mid Cap Growth Index by 0.69 of a percentage point from Oct. 7 through March 14. Last week's "Brighter Days for Five Savvy Stockpickers" article stated that ...
A Glance at the Best and Worst Performers for the First Quarter of 2012 U.S. Stock Funds 12.79%
CATEGORY RETURN BEST ...
Christian Zugel enjoys high speeds more than most people. A native of Stuttgart, Germany, home to Porsche and Mercedes, the 52-year old fell in love with cars at an early age and today races on the amateur-motor circuit at tracks like ...
Vital Signs Stocks scored big gains last week, up about 2%, as strong first-quarter earnings took center stage and recurring European sovereign-debt worries moved back into the wings. With smaller-cap shares beating large-caps, the risk-on ...
European stocks kicked off on a negative note Friday, as weaker-than-expected Chinese GDP figures reignited fears of a hard landing. Here are some of the best bits from today's big broker notes:
Imagine the panic if investors discovered that many of the nation's biggest public companies had hidden liabilities so large as to make them worth a fraction of their value. That's something akin to the shock created by the recent Credit ...
Everyone loves Apple. But not everyone loves that everyone loves Apple. As we explained in this morning's Journal, one reason the tech giant's stock price has fared so well is that Apple has found buyers in nearly every corner of ...
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