Investments

The regulator has charged about 100 other wealth managers with failing to explain 12b-1 fees tied to their mutual fund recommendations.

When companies allow employees to own stock in their retirement plans, real tax benefits can ensue. But there’s much to factor in.

Former J.P. Morgan exec looks to behavioral finance for answers to investing questions.

A shareholder advocacy group found that a startling number of funds fail to adhere closely to their environmental, social and governance principles.

After the unprecedented success of shareholder votes last year, activists are renewing their pressure on giant fund firms over racial equity.

A joint drop in equities and bonds is hitting exchange-traded fund investors with the worst start of a year in a decade.

There's been a rush into the latest digital craze, flooding the market with millions of dollars.

Wien’s annual list of surprises calls for stocks to sink nearly 20% in 2022.

Spending down savings is a challenge for many in older age

The pandemic and strong but volatile stock market triggered many investing biases.

While we don’t foresee a rapid increase in yields bloodying the nose of bond markets, we acknowledge that this has happened in the past and investors should be prepared.

It's been a mostly up year for stock investors.

Strategists say the rally that pushed U.S. stocks to successive records this year isn’t ending anytime soon.

Regulators rejected a pair of proposals to offer physically backed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, handing crypto enthusiasts a proverbial bag of coal ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Small companies, value stocks and foreign markets have been horrible performers in recent years, leaving them cheap and unloved — which is why they merit another look.

Local companies and organizations can spread capital much better than global corporations and institutions, according to practitioners in the field.

Investment products sold as being ESG-related had another record year, but clean-energy stocks are seeing a decline.

The firm faces an additional penalty after it didn’t participate in the regulator’s self-reporting initiative.

Hester Peirce will become the only GOP commissioner at the agency.

Muni bonds have not been not the quick way to big returns in 2021. But for the right client, they are the perfect addition to a portfolio focused on stability and low risk, advisors say.