Investments

Growth doesn’t have to end because a company has decided it’s time to pay a dividend.

Retirement savers need to review their asset allocations because many investments are becoming more correlated as the global economy increasingly becomes intertwined; Plus, why the gender gap haunts women even in retirement.

The nation’s third-largest school district, with almost 400,000 students, is on the brink of insolvency after years of skipping pension payments.

Buybacks and dividends each have their benefits for clients. Plus: Five ways to make money off market volatility, and when to start growing Roth IRAs.

Franklin Resources said fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 21 % as the selloff in emerging markets and energy stocks and bonds erodes assets.

Vanguard says the expense reductions are a win for investors, but the fund provider industry is less enthusiastic, seeing the fee reductions as a grind to zero where product profitability disappears.

A five-year-old index tracking network security firms has slipped 14% in 2016, more than double the loss for the S&P 500.

Mutual funds have recently marked down the values of their stakes in several private technology companies. The moves are another jolt of sobriety for Silicon Valley startups as they face a tighter fundraising environment.

There's little on the performance side, but some funds manage to pay out more than others while keeping costs low.

There's little on the performance side, but some funds manage to pay out more than others while keeping costs low.

Whether an advisor should steer clients into currency-hedged international funds is a very close call. Here’s how to make it.

When a client moans about not having the hot stock of the moment in her portfolio, here's what to tell her.

A FINRA panel ordered the wirehouse to pay a client $95,000 for losses relating to bonds issued by the island commonwealth. By contrast, UBS says it faces more than $1 billion in similar claims.

Despite a law signed in late 2015, advisors who master the arcane rules of Social Security stand to prosper.

Pooled employer plans and auto-enrollment gain Senate support, but advisors working with those plans could soon be held to a higher fiduciary standard.

A somewhat darker tone could be observed emitting from the ETF.com conference this year.

The benefits debate is part of a concerted effort to show that Social Security is too expensive and needs to be cut, writes Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Years of losses can take a toll on a client's psyche; they can also create buying opportunities.

Clients looking to retire may want to consider relocating to these states to save on taxes. Plus: when it's ok to claim legal expenses, and why filing without receipts may be the new norm.

Years of losses can take a toll on a client's psyche; they can also create buying opportunities.