Research Center

Securities

• Emerging Managers Maintain Performance Edge in U.S. Equity Investing.

  Northern Trust released a study demonstrating that smaller investment firms can provide stronger returns and better downside protection in volatile markets than large firms investing in the same asset class—large-cap U.S. equities. October 26, 2010. Northern Trust

• U.S. Bank Survey Finds Wealthy Haven't Abandoned the Market.

  Virtually all millionaires (97 percent) say their investments lost value at some point since the beginning of 2008, very few (8 percent) have actually taken their investments out of the market. Many (43 percent) are currently engaged in moderate to heavy buying or selling to take advantage of market opportunities, and nearly half (49 percent) are looking for the right opportunity to buy or sell. November 15, 2010. U.S. Bank