Financial Times

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  Not All Angels Are From Heaven

  By Jeff Joseph  |  November 1, 2011

  An article by Financial Times journalist Jonathan Moules recently caught my attention.

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  The Perils of Exchange Traded Funds

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  October 9, 2011

  Despite their retail-friendly image today, ETFs were originally designed as a product for professional fund managers and institutional investors, and their involvement is still high.

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  Soros Lists ‘3 Bold Steps’ for Avoiding Global Depression

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 30, 2011

  Blame it on the policymakers, said billionaire George Soros in an opinion essay that favors letting Greece default.

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  China in Talks With Italy as Lender

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 13, 2011

  As Greece nears default and Italy struggles to keep from losing control over its own debt problems, the latter has been engaged in talks with China over the possibility of asset sales to the Asian nation.

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  El-Erian, World Bank, Ministers Warn Euro, U.S. Leaders

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 15, 2011

  PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian has warned that further missteps by U.S. and European leaders risk turning today's raging crises into something more devastating. That warning came as France and Germany ruled out talks on Eurobonds.

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  Stocks Plummet on Downgrade, as Obama Defends AAA; Market Gurus El-Erian, Rogers Weigh In

  By Editorial Staff  |  August 8, 2011

  While global markets plummeted Monday after Friday’s downgrade of U.S. debt, Obama said U.S. credit was “among the best in the world”; several market experts also gave their opinions.

• Debt Crisis: U.S. Treasuries and U.K. Gilts Trade Places, Briefly

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  Worldwide, investors are telling the governments of advanced economies that their debt management plans are unpersuasive. For a time today, the bond market signaled that British gilts were safer than Treasuries. Meanwhile, Spanish and Italian bonds reached the danger zone Thursday.

• EDHEC-Risk Institute Study: Cap-Weighted Index Investing Is Losing Its Shine

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  July 8, 2010

  Although cap-weighted indexing continues to dominate the investment landscape, some researchers are questioning its efficacy and alternative indexing methodologies are coming to the fore.

• Cap-Weighted Index Investing Is Losing Its Shine

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  July 8, 2010

  Academics and practitioners take aim at the traditional methodology.

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  The bumpy road to new normal

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 2, 2009

  It's hard not to be impressed by Mohamed El-Erian. Stepping into Bill Gross's considerably large shoes (ahem) at Pimco during the most difficult financial...