For advisors who were trying to diversify stock-heavy portfolios, 2011 was a year for the record books. While some assets proved to be unusually powerful diversifiers, other investments provided little diversification...
Yield-starved investors have good reason to be increasingly frustrated. Money-market funds yield next to nothing, and five-year Treasuries yield less than 1 percent. TIPS sport negative yields. The yields are likely...
Since 2009, Build America bonds have given yield-starved investors a bit of hope for their fixed-income portfolios. These subsidized munis may continue to be good options, if you understand the risks.
During his long career, Vanguard Group founder John Bogle has often argued that most actively managed funds trail their benchmarks. In his book Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Bogle notes that 79 percent of active funds...
Unnerved by volatile markets, investors have been dumping equity funds. Large-cap funds have suffered particularly big withdrawals, according to Morningstar. During the 12 months ending in September, investors pulled...