Portfolio

Two in three plans offer a Roth savings feature, an option 401(k) participants should take advantage to reduce their tax liability.

The advisor defrauded some 60 victims by using their money to pay off earlier investors, fund his own speculative trading and pay his personal expenses, the SEC claims.

Much of the latest guidance about setting up trusts is overly simplistic and can do a disservice to clients.

As equities in the sector extend a $3.8 trillion rout, the strategy has resulted in annualized returns of as much as 190%.

Advisors want to help clients discover their "sleep well at night factor" when it comes to cash reserves, one planner says.

Despite the bumpy ride for 401(k) plans in the first half of this year, some analysts say investors can expect a better scenario for the remainder of 2018.

The decision, involving advisors who jumped to Morgan Stanley from an RIA, holds that those who agree to give their employers advance notice before quitting aren’t absolved of that duty by the terms of the protocol.

The firm’s new iShares fund comes amid massive outflows from the sector in recent periods.

These emotional topics tend to be bad for investment returns, Barry Ritholtz says.

Treasury yields have fallen in response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, making defensive sector holdings more attractive.