Long term investments

Do-it-yourself-minded investors have never had more places to put their savings, writes Bloomberg’s Nir Kaissar.

More than 40% of Black and Hispanic adults say they have used money from a savings or retirement account to pay their bills since the outbreak began, a survey finds.

A significant push to use the precious metal as portfolio insurance may create a self-reinforcing spiral that upends its appeal as a hedge.

The funds had posted gains over the past decade, but have suffered losses amid this year's coronavirus-driven volatility.

As inflows soar and market dislocations vanish, an industry that consigned to history two major disruptions of the pandemic crash is back.

The results were “not just predicated on expense ratios,” an expert says.

With return targets growing ever more elusive, many investors are willing to take their chances with private debt and equity.

Even some of the industry’s cheapest products “may be overpriced” in that they’re “mirroring a passive index,” an expert says.