Individual investors are putting more money into bank-loan funds, taking added risk in a search for higher yields and a hedge against inflation as the Federal Reserve vows to keep interest rates at near-record…

Stocks soared 6% last week on relatively low trading volumes, as continued short-covering helped the market put together two consecutive up weeks for the first time since early July. Though…

In this year's tumultuous stock market, mutual funds that follow alternative investing strategies have given investors some respite. During the July-August stock slide, alternative-investing categories such as currency funds, market-neutral…

The biggest structural change in 45 years to the health-care sector is creating opportunities in pharmaceutical stocks while pressuring health-care providers, says Highland's Michael Gregory. Mallory Horejs: My name is…

Not even a spectacular 11th-hour rally could get stock-market funds back up into the air in the second quarter. U.S. diversified equity funds dropped 0.35% in the three months, topping…

TheStreet.com Ratings initiated coverage of 27 stock mutual funds that accrued a sufficient track record of risk and performance data by the end of May 2011. Only two of these newly rated…

The Rising Stars of Mutual Funds are chosen annually by the publishers of Institutional Investor News and represent up-and-comers whose accomplishments in and contributions to the industry make them standout among their…

The fast start for U.S. health insurer shares this year may turn into a long climb. Shunned like pariahs during the economic crisis and healthcare reform debate, the stocks have caught fire,…

Nadia Papagiannis: Hello. My name is Nadia Papagiannis, Alternative Investment Strategist here at Morningstar. Today, I have with me Jonathan Lamensdorf, Portfolio Manager of the Highland Long/Short Equity Fund, ticker…