Investments

Prospect theory suggests that investors feel more pain from an investment's decline than pleasure from its rise, and advisors can incorporate this into their interactions with clients.

Prospect theory suggests that investors feel more pain from an investment's decline than pleasure from its rise, and advisors can incorporate this into their interactions with clients.

Conventional wisdom holds that allocations should become more conservative as investors enter their retirement years, decreasing the exposure to equities. Now research shows the opposite may be true.

Conventional wisdom holds that allocations should become more conservative as investors enter their retirement years, decreasing the exposure to equities. Now research shows the opposite may be true.

With money market funds yielding just 0.01%, even 1% inflation can erode a nest egg. Here's how planners can work with fearful clients who want to keep most, if not all, assets in cash.

With money market funds yielding just 0.01%, even 1% inflation can erode a nest egg. Here's how planners can work with fearful clients who want to keep most, if not all, assets in cash.

As stocks bounce between bull and bear markets, risk reduction is increasingly vital.

As stocks bounce between bull and bear markets, risk reduction is increasingly vital.

What’s changed over the past year in constructing the right portfolio for our clients? Absolutely nothing. Here are the keys to portfolio construction, this year and next.

What’s changed over the past year in constructing the right portfolio for our clients? Absolutely nothing. Here are the keys to portfolio construction, this year and next.

Vanguard researchers added up the benefit to clients of having smart financial advice. Here's how the numbers work out.

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross said asset markets from stocks to real estate are not overpriced because the Federal Reserve’s long-term policy rate will be half of what policy makers are forecasting.

John Hughes, the former senior trader on the exchange-traded funds desk at UBS AG’s global synthetic equities division, was banned from working in the U.K. finance industry over his involvement in a $2.3 billion unauthorized trading loss caused by Kweku Adoboli.

These strategies can help advisors achieve annuitylike results while cutting out intermediaries and increasing returns.

Alternative investments are reaching a much broader swath of investors. As a result, financial advisors are increasingly bombarded with questions from curious clients. Early adopters are in a position to answer these queries, but for the uninitiated advisor -- it's time to get up to speed.

As his biggest IBD acquisition closes, Nicholas Schorsch predicts more big-ticket M&A deals during a Milken Institute session; another panelist warns of inflated price tags and bad behavior.

While new rules and higher stock market returns have increased clients' tax liabilities, only 29% of advisors say they've initiated a conversation about the matter in the last quarter.

At Delaware Dividend Income Fund, lead manager Bob Zenouzi invests with an eye toward valuation and dividend increases.

The biggest money managers are asking U.S. Congress to fix a largely frozen part of the mortgage-bond market with a step that would echo moves taken during the Great Depression.

As interest rates edge up, advisors should understand which asset classes fare best during times of higher inflation.