Morgan Stanley said on Monday it has raised a $4 billion infrastructure fund, exceeding its target, and is targeting investments in sectors like transportation, energy and utilities.
While market volatility can be nerve-racking, including certain investing strategies can help soften the blow or allow you to generate significant upside from these big swings. Diversification is a relatively safe and simple way. Hedging is another.
Bond fund specialist Pacific Investment Management plans to launch a new portfolio run by Mohamed El-Erian, who helped increase Harvard University's huge endowment as the school's chief investment officer.
In a special post-bailout edition of Dollar Dilemmas, Carmen is joined by John Gannon, senior vice president of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, to help callers face tough financial decisions -- particularlly in the fast-changing financial environment -- about plans for retirement, 401(k)s, IRAs, diversification and pensions administered by Wachovia or these other troubled banks.... Read More
On Monday, for example, mutual fund investors panicked and pulled $10.9 billion out of the market (TrimTabs), with particularly large outflows ($4 b) from global funds... Read More