Portfolio diversity

Pairing a variety of Vanguard bond funds with an S&P 500 fund may help you rethink how to craft the classic 60% equity, 40% bond portfolio.

YCharts targets advisors seeking to shore up their clients' portfolios during a downturn.

The stock market only had a taste of the potential damage — with the biggest test yet to come.

The SPDR fund's newfound appeal may be linked to its dividend yield, which has jumped to its highest level since 2008.

Concerns came into focus when a $1.9 billion exchange traded note lost 90% of its value in a single day.

What’s more important: measuring overall portfolio performance, or analyzing separate asset classes?

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Tax-free withdrawals could outweigh an employer's match if early withdrawals are made for expenses like health care.

Retirees should stick to their strategies and diversify their portfolios with various sources of income.

Record-high stocks, growing geopolitical risk. Is our current market becoming eerily similar to 1972?

The right strategy can help minimize their future estate taxes.

The ninth-largest dividend cut ever in the S&P 500 raises concerns of sector concentration.

With plans to offer six new funds, the passive investing giant is seeing strategic beta as an opportunity, not a threat, says one contributor.

Despite critiques, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios will keep its cash allocations for clients.

Factor-based approaches to index investing have won heaps of investment. Can it last?

The Stock Protection Fund is intended to help clients in very specific circumstances.

A new body of research suggests an ideal retirement-planning approach may exist — but buyer beware.

Advisors must understand the unique challenges presented by these companies.

Analysts are worried that flows to passive funds may create lockstep moves between shares, distorting the market.

Conventional wisdom is that 60/40 portfolio is highly effective. But there could be a better way to accompany large-cap U.S. stocks than U.S. bonds.