Barclays Capital U.S.

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  The Ins & Outs of Using Managed Futures

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  September 23, 2012

  The Barclay Commodity Trading Advisor Index may be one option for advisors and clients.

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  Week’s Top Portfolio Products: Altegris’ New RIA Shares; State Street’s Actively Managed ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2012

  iShares creates new suite of corporate-bond ETFs; new ETF out from Market Vectors.

• Stats Show Bond Fund Shift

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  Since the 2008 financial crisis, the intermediate-term bond category has grown from less than $500 billion in assets to nearly $930 billion.

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  Advisors Bullish on Markets, While Clients More Positive on Returns

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2012

  The latest Russell survey of advisors also finds they have different portfolio priorities than their clients.

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  Bond Funds & Decoupling

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 9, 2012

  Fewer than 12% of funds in the intermediate-term bond category managed to match or beat the return of its benchmark, Morningstar reports

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  Best 10 Investment Picks for 2012: Morgan Stanley

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2012

  Morgan's Global Investment Committee released a list of 10 investment opportunities it believes “offer attractive valuation and other attributes fitting to the times.”

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  Bill Gross’ Year a ‘Stinker,’ as He Lags 92% of Peers

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 29, 2011

  Citing Lipper data, PIMCO’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest bond fund, lost money through November while bond indexes gained about the same amount, says the Financial Times.

• Use Global Fixed Income to Improve Diversification

  By Sean Simko  |  November 28, 2011

  Today, there are more opportunities for individual and institutional investors alike, allowing them to gain access to the global fixed income universe.

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  A Market Neutral Alternative for Client Portfolios

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  October 23, 2011

  Credit Suisse says the fund's underlying index reflects the difference in return between long- and short-total return sub-indexes

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  August Market Volatility: ‘Ordinary,’ Says Vanguard

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2011

  The S&P tends to move less than 1% per day, though it moved 2.5% per day for most of last month.