Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Debt is back on the rise, this time led by government.

At some point, stock price gyrations became synonymous with bad performance. Actually, it’s "only a reflection of volatile movements in the market.”

Roughly 45% of Berkshire’s stock portfolio is allocated to the financial sector, and eight of the portfolio’s top 12 holdings are financial stocks — a deeply contrarian bet.

Judging from what promoters of insurance products can say in their marketing materials, not so well, writes Ethan Schwartz.

Some accuse index funds of promoting monopolies and distorting markets, among other horrors, but nothing has stemmed the wave of inflows to passive.

There’s a showdown looming between financial advisors and the custodians that safeguard their clients’ money. It’s been brewing for some time, and the move by Charles Schwab on Tuesday to offer commission-free trading makes the clash all but inevitable.

Studies purport to have proven both that socially responsible investing hurts returns, and that it can boost performance.

The firm’s shares presumably trailed rivals for a reason — did anything from the third quarter drastically change those views?

The firm is finding it harder to squeeze more profit out of its wealth management business.

Given that almost one-third of leveraged loans are just a downgrade away from triple-C, even a modest slowdown could create a snowball effect of sorts.