Caution: These equities exhibit higher volatility than large caps because they are riskier businesses.

Talk of a Fed rate hike and new tax plan in the United States is muddying the rest of 2017.

Ray Dalio has recommended investors consider placing 5 to 10 percent of assets in gold as a hedge against political and economic risks.

All eyes are on the mutual fund giant.

Historical data undercut these rules of thumb.

With the addition, Invesco's ETF assets under management would total more than $196 billion globally.

Recent history shows that misplaced correlation assumptions can underestimate the risk in markets.

Watch these two SPDRs for clues.

Mark Wiedman, a BlackRock senior managing director, donated $2,700 to the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich.

But zealous investors should be aware that many of these funds heavily tilt toward the financial sector.