For 'Dharma Indexes,' Firms' Conduct Matters
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Dow Jones has launched "dharma indexes" to track the stocks of companies that observe the values of dharma-based religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Ask any corporate executive the secret to success and there's a good chance you'll hear that the management team must work on the same goals using the same assumptions and facts -- with transparency to the CEO and board. Yet most companies don't work that way, setting the stage for missed opportunities, hidden problems, and political gaming that uses siloed data and its analysis as a departmental weapon rather than as an enterprise asset.
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Strange happenings from the investing and business world.
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China now leads the world in the number of publicly traded companies with market values of more than $200 billion, but this is not necessarily good news for investors.
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Most higher-performing funds share one trait in common.
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This firm's valuation prices in big results from an as-yet unproven resource.
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Changes in CFOs are worth investigating.
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As private equity firms and hedge funds line up to go public, their traditional investors are worried that new distractions might make it harder to continue delivering stellar returns.
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With shares of major technology companies trading as high as they have ever done in the post dot-com era, IT investors this week are scrutinizing quarterly results from the world's biggest vendors to judge how the market will hold up for the rest of the year.
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How to tell whether your company is living up to its ideals.
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Here's the best way to judge a fund's performance history.
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Determining the value of a company isn't as difficult as it might sound.
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NEW YORK  Big may be beautiful again. For about two years, many market analysts have been predicting the return of large, growth-oriented companies. But smaller-company shares have persistently outrun the big boys. Now, with a fog of uncertainty clouding stocks, money managers are renewing their ...
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The firm may finally post net inflows this year.
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Can't these guys make it easier to understand what the company is really worth?
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Rating the consumer-products giants on key financial metrics.
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Investors in the market for mutual funds may want to consider a promising alternative: shares of asset management companies that sell the funds.