In the world of investing, the pursuit of alpha—the risk-adjusted excess return on an investment relative to a benchmark index—has long been the holy grail for financial advisors and portfolio ...

Funds that track stock buybacks are having an increasingly difficult time generating alpha, and research from TrimTabs Investment has underscored the fact that stock buyback announcements have been in ...

Duration management has been a very powerful tool in terms of generating alpha. But going forward, we think being nimble is going to give you your real edge. We think shorter-dated Treasuries can ...

Shane Clifford, Carlyle's global head of wealth, sits with Editor-At-Large Maneet Ahuja to talk about the firm's "glocal" strategy to generating alpha.