Joseph Lisanti

For clients’ portfolios that need international diversity, these funds focus on the region.

Each of these funds has its own way of adding high-octane assets into clients' portfolios.

After a decade-long bull market in U.S. stocks, rebalancing into international equities may make sense for some clients.

Still, some products with higher yields also have higher Sharpe ratios. Could that indicate better risk-adjusted performance?

Eleven of the 14 dividend-focused ETFs in existence 10 years ago beat a plain vanilla index fund.

Few dividend-oriented funds use this important metric to find stocks.

Brexit, worries about trade wars and rising interest rates have prompted a selloff in developed country stocks.

Some of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world are still considered emerging markets.

Despite the array of potential options, a handful of names gets the most attention. Do your clients know the major differences in methodology and sector concentration?

Small company stocks stumbled in the very recent past but have outperformed over the long term.

Clients can find broad diversification or dividend growth, but it's tough to find both. Here are some ideas.

While diversification is important, more isn’t always merrier with these funds.

With stock selection pegged to 10-year Treasury sensitivity, can these ETFs work when short-term rates rise?

There are 148 ETFs focused on dividends. We looked at the eight cheapest, and then whittled even further.

Buffett can put cash to better use than paying dividends. But the majority of CEOs lack his skill so investors and their advisors should be happy when corporate boards pay shareholder dividends.

The answer depends on your perspective, and whether fear or greed is the defining mood on Wall Street.

Quality is a nebulous assessment and can change over the years — remember Sears? — but appears to portend outperformance using most companies’ measures.

The financial crisis hurt banks' ability to pay dividends — now they may be on a comeback.

How will companies share their tax windfalls?

The ninth-largest dividend cut ever in the S&P 500 raises concerns of sector concentration.