Investment insights

Pimco's Gross says investors face an "age of inflation, which typically provides a headwind, not a tailwind, to securities prices -- both stocks and bonds."

More brokerage firms and RIAs move to shore up their wealth management platforms while trust companies languish. Bryn Mawr Trust has followed suit and reaped the rewards.

With a laid-back style and team spirit, Gonzalo Echevarria, a financial advisor with AMTrust Bank, finds a home and builds a community in the Sunshine State.

Sam and Josh Stewart, father and son co-managers of the Wasatch World Innovators Fund, have figured out a solution to their investment differences.

This month, the issue that reared its head more than once was a question of whether advisors truly know enough to do their jobs effectively.

Political wrangling over the so-called "fiscal cliff," the potential expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts coupled with sharp reductions in federal spending, has stimulated many a conversation about the resulting financial planning implications.

European sovereign debt concerns and the U.S. debt-ceiling debacle spurred market volatility, pushing investors toward index-based equity funds.

With a few months to go in the presidential campaign, pundits are poring over every scrap of new economic data-notably, unemployment-for a clue as to whether President Barack Obama will be reelected. But the best predictor, many say, is the stock market.

One expert argues that dividend-paying stocks, not growth stocks, should be the building blocks of retirement portfolios

September

After the economic crisis, VA issuers go back to the basics, designing new products intended to avoid volatility and basis risk.

North America led the drop in global confidence, falling 8.7 points to 84.4.

U.S. debt yields put you asleep. But you better be on your toes, with the adventure involved in emerging market bonds.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded 290 municipal issuers from April 1 through June 30, the most for any quarter since 2000, led by cities and school districts still recovering from the longest recession since the 1930s.

Nearly six in 10 business owners (59%) expect to be in a good financial position over the next 12 months, down from 66% who said so in second quarter.

Portfolio managers from Huntington Asset Advisors' US Equity Rotation Strategy ETF discuss their top picks in IT and health care.

Chairman Mary Schapiro said she is asking SEC staff to propose a rule that will require exchanges and market centers to ensure the capacity and integrity of the systems they operate.

As legal eagles-including regulators, cops and attorneys-continue to swoop down for the kill in the wake of the LIBOR debacle, asset managers still struggle to gauge the scandal's impact on their investments.

The municipal bond market appeared to take a vacation day on Monday as trading activity was very slow. Traders are waiting for primary issuance to hit later in the week to provide direction.

Advisors trying to persuade prospects about the benefits of planning can point to a new study of household financial decision-makers that shows those who have taken the time to put together a plan feel more confident and report more success managing savings and investments.