Investments

Gold investors saw their precious metal struggle last year after hitting an all-time high in 2011—today many advisors remain bearish.

What you need to know before retiring internationally; the no. 1 flaw in America's biggest 401(k) plans; retirees, watch out for the state tax bite

Pimco Says It’s Cooperating in SEC’s Total Return ETF Probe

Nearly a third of investors say they “consciously avoid stocks in long-term investment accounts," according to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup study.

Which is more important to clients' frontier economy asset portfolios? Debt? Equity? The answer is both.

Clients searching for income? Here's a look at the 10 biggest dividend payers this year.

Clients searching for income? Here's a look at the 10 biggest dividend payers this year.

As the issuance of green municipal bonds climbs this week, the bonds performance in the secondary market shows mixed results.

In a speech Tuesday, U.S. Bank CEO Richard Davis offered mostly upbeat views about the evolving, more stringent expectations of bank regulators.

Bogle wants to make your nest egg 65% bigger; How smart savers choose between a 401(k) or Roth IRA; Pensions stick with hedge funds despite CalPERS exodus

An S&P report finds investors who turn to actively managed mutual funds or ETFs for international exposure aren’t getting their money’s worth, but some experts disagree, pointing particularly to small-caps.

Schorsch makes big changes to the firm's executive team with a new CEO as well as the hiring of longtime LPL exec Bill Dwyer.

How to survive 4 major retirement hazards; Picking the 'right' hedge fund involves more than looking in the past; ETFs should be in your 401(k), says Morningstar

American Depository Receipts can provide investors with an easy way to directly hold equities from around the world.

Sophisticated investors are grabbing for high-yield municipal debt whenever they can find it, creating demand for alternatives beyond the Puerto Rico, Detroit, and tobacco bonds that dominate the non-investment grade segment of the secondary market.

Social Security's strict disability rules; How to invest when the world is in chaos; New singles majority is bad news for Social Security

Alternative mutual funds are in the midst of a growth period with asset managers aggressively marketing the investment products to advisors. Here is a look at the top 10 alternative mutual fund launches in 2014 based on net assets, according to Morningstar.

Advisors can help clients achieve foreign diversification in their portfolios by buying U.S.-listed companies with major overseas footprints. Is it enough?

Advisors must carefully examine what countries and types of companies are in various indexers’ emerging and frontier market baskets.

Indian stocks have been on a tear this year amid optimism about the country’s new government, but political uncertainty and rich valuations should give investors pause.