Investments

Risk assessment questionnaires may produce flawed results because they don’t adequately focus on an client’s need to take risks.

Risk assessment questionnaires may produce flawed results because they don’t adequately focus on an client’s need to take risks.

The investment business is full of twists and turns, and it is not just portfolio managers and analysts that have to constantly read the changing winds; as a marketing professional you must also adapt as the market changes. The last few years have been tough for mutual fund marketers, with investors leaving this product for ETFs and moving assets from equity products to those that specialize in fixed income.

The regulatory drive to designate mutual funds or their managers as systemically important financial institutions increasingly looks like a campaign to extend the power of central banks and other banking regulators over global capital markets.

Given the increased volatility, now is a good time to examine some of the subtleties of dividends and dividend-paying stocks.

Registered investment advisors are clearly on the up and up, and the growth of the sector is exerting pressure on how ETFs and mutual funds are distributed and marketed.

Given the increased volatility, now is a good time to examine some of the subtleties of dividends and dividend-paying stocks.

American investors' long-term financial goals are out of sync with the risks they're willing to take to reach them, a new survey finds.

Investors often give their advisors the wrong objectives for a portfolio. Here's how to steer them in the right direction.

In the long term -- and in the extremely long term -- funds with the lowest market caps have the highest ranking.

In the long term -- and in the extremely long term -- funds with the lowest market caps have the highest ranking.

One of the benefits of an investment philosophy is that it can provide your clients with more consistent experiences and help them feel more confident in your advice. But if your philosophy is based on

One of the benefits of an investment philosophy is that it can provide your clients with more consistent experiences and help them feel more confident in your advice. But if your philosophy is based on forecasting which stock or market sector will be "hot" then those client experiences might not be very consistent.

Exchange-traded funds offer advisors a way to be aggressive when they spot an opportunity in the market.

Exchange-traded funds offer advisors a way to be aggressive when they spot an opportunity in the market.

With low valuations and improving investor sentiment, emerging markets equities may rebound from their recent correction.

With low valuations and improving investor sentiment, emerging markets equities may rebound from their recent correction.

With clients worried about running out of money in retirement, should advisors give annuities a second look? Professor Moshe Milevsky think so.

Creating allocation "no-trade zones" can ease the pressure to make an immediate sale in a soaring asset class.

Creating allocation "no-trade zones" can ease the pressure to make an immediate sale in a soaring asset class.