Retirement income

Threats to the program are multiplying and the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a reckoning, according to a new analysis.

Despite some impressive short-term gains, more than half underperformed their peers over the decade.

Sales are tumbling and gravitating to different products as Wells Fargo settles a FINRA case and researchers examine the defunct fiduciary rule.

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Some of the biggest laggards have managed short-term gains of more than 40%.

Fees for the category's best performing mutual funds and ETFs are much like the price of bullion: expensive.

High unemployment, rising virus cases and the upcoming presidential election are causing clients to change their strategies, advisors say.

If clients “looked just three months ago, these numbers would be glaringly different,” an expert says.

A significant push to use the precious metal as portfolio insurance may create a self-reinforcing spiral that upends its appeal as a hedge.