Equities

Using quantifiable measures called factors to identify promising investments has exploded. But it’s not for amateurs.

Every year, the prognosticators come out of hiding. You have to wonder why they bother, given their record.

Not one asset class -- from bonds to U.S. and international stocks to commodities -- are on track to post a return this year of more than 5 percent.

Successful adaptive managers often share these five characteristics.

Value and low-vol stocks are at the mercy of an aging business cycle saddled with a multitude of threats from interest-rate hikes to market crowding.

The markets will merely tread water next year, according to Fidelity International.

High valuations at home give international markets more appeal.

The co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management on how advisors can stay competitive, the tyranny of benchmarks and why cash is not the best way to de-risk a portfolio.

Beware of those who claim they have a strategy to capture the upside of market volatility and avoid the downside.