Investing Archives

Just shy of two years ago—in October 2011—I wrote a post that laid out the year-to-date returns for the...

Stocks will always offer greater returns than bonds, but a portfolio made up 100% equities is fraught with more...

Interest rates are near historic lows and seem bound to rise. Bond investors should heed duration, or sensitivity to...

ETFs are touted for low costs. But you can save more by mimicking some ETFs and buying their stocks...

Index funds include companies that some investors can’t stomach. Here's how to avoid that.

A screen of S&P 500 stocks finds great deals in U.S. investment banks, insurance firms and conglomerates.

With yields still near historic lows, bond investors can get more interest by swapping government issues for corporates.

In theory almost every strategy seems to outperform the Couch Potato. So why do so few investors actually...

Emerging fixed income markets are yielding higher rates these days.