Portfolio

A diversified portfolio may need foreign stocks, but are non-U.S. bonds worth the trouble?

As the case against Brooke Astor's son illustrated, even clients with reputable advisors can be vulnerable to predators.

A catalog of some of the nation's top planning schools is a resource for both planners-to-be and today's advisors

Funds specializing in gold and other precious metals glittered in the third quarter, but many other stock and bond categories also performed exceptionally well.

Living abroad seems like an inexpensive option for some prospective retirees, but there are many issues to consider.

From the start, three has been the magic number at Philadelphia-based Firstrust Financial Resources.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today made the following statement in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Transamerica has added four mutual funds to its retail lineup today including Transamerica Tactical Allocation, Transamerica Tactical Rotation, Transamerica Income & Growth, and Transamerica Enhanced Muni.

With liquidity still in short supply in equities and exchange-traded funds after the reopening of markets Wednesday, NASDAQ cancelled all trades in the first two minutes of activity in the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG).

Waddell & Reed Financial’s net income plunged in the third quarter due to losses from the sale of its Legend group of subsidiaries to First Allied Holdings.