Investment strategies

A hedging product tied to bitcoin offers investors enhanced gains and downside protection — as long as an underlying ETF doesn't lose more than 25% of its value.

After years of strong market returns, concern over stretched equity valuations is rising. Could a long-overlooked options strategy be the right tool for the moment?

Findings from iterations of Financial Planning's Financial Advisory Confidence Outlook show which assets have stood the test of time.

Advisors and experts say finding the right rare currency to invest in can add diversification to a portfolio. But scams are rampant, so buyers should beware.

The Wall Street mainstay joins JPMorgan and Citi in directing analysts to help give investors more insight into companies not traded on public markets.

Stocks have been on a historic bull run, but the good times can't last forever. Now's the time to diversify with private equity, credit and other alternatives, say wealth managers at Dynasty, Nuveen and WEG.

Sports are in for the ultrawealthy; paintings, out. Some 20% of 111 billionaire families served by the Wall Street giant now own controlling stakes in sports teams.

Schwab becomes the latest large wealth manager to cite the shrinking number of publc companies as a reason to help regular investors get into private markets.

A credit scare last month could have been a momentary blip, but financial advisors have always known there are a lot of risks in private investments.

A dramatic rebound in clean-tech stocks has investors in the green economy hoping they can finally turn the page on years of punishing underperformance.

Financial advisors know how to guide clients through volatility, but the math displaying the portfolio risks of AI may present an altogether different challenge.

The Oasis Group CEO and founder John O'Connell dazzled his audience at ADVISE AI by showing how artificial intelligence can shave hours off the production of plans, stock analyses, even web pages. But at least one advisor remains skeptical.

A penny-ante approach to allocating digital assets may not be as risk-averse as it sounds.

Recent headlines may illuminate why this sector is particularly volatile, but advisors say they have been instructing clients that not all health care funds are created equal.

As geopolitical and other uncertainty remains, gold is seen as a useful hedge. But experts warn gold's rise won't last forever.

Advisors cited better liquidity, lower expenses and higher tax efficiency as among the reasons they like ETFs, the market for which has topped $11 trillion.

Along with bringing in new households and assets, the Bank of America wealth management units are turning to loans, alternative assets and other offerings to do more with existing clients.

The largest wirehouse also reported a record quarter for wealth management revenues built on strong asset inflows in the third quarter.

Allowing artificial intelligence to make investment management decisions poses an organizational threat, according to the majority of advisors in Financial Planning's AI Readiness Survey.

Issues that feature a character's first appearance or death — or even a popular artist or writer's first publication — can command high prices. But a volatile short-term investment market and meticulous storage demands remain concerns.