Equities

Equity returns will drop to 5 to 8 percent per year, while those for bonds will decline to 2 to 3 percent, according to Vanguard's Nathan Zahm.

Judging by the growing demand for a variety of hedges, investors are seeking insurance in case stocks reverse course.

Fund flows are sending encouraging short-term signals, says TrimTabs CEO David Santschi, though the quarterly volume of corporate buybacks, highly correlated with the S&P 500, has dropped to the lowest level in eight years.

U.S. investors are growing numb to geopolitical tensions and are now weighing the likelihood of a Fed rate increase.

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Why retirement-plan sponsors and advisors should make this asset class a more prominent part of their portfolios.

Even doing nothing is a decision.

Credit Suisse's Impact Advisory and Finance (IAF) department will be headed by Marisa Drew.

Joel Tillinghast, who specializes in small-cap stocks, said his job as portfolio manager has also become tougher because of the changing nature of the U.S. economy.

It increasingly appears that the stocks investors are buying when the market dips in general are the stocks that have generally been going up, not the ones headed down.