If you’re a wealth manger or advisor, one of the toughest things to do is to get your clients to stay in the stock market during stormy times. August’s swoon and the recent market volatility have, of course, tested this time-honored...

Everbody's Kung Fu fighting ... | jack191/iStock/Thinkstock As robo advisors grow in popularity among mainstream investors, it is perhaps inevitable that the two largest companies, Wealthfront and Betterment, have attracted fanboys willing...

Millennials and ETFs have grown together to become juggernauts in their own right.

Volatility is a boon for reactive bettors.

Momentum hasn’t yet been established.

Putnam Investment's 2015 Financial Advisors and Social Media Survey from Putnam Investments More advisors are starting to see the value of using social media. According to a recent survey of over 800 advisors by Putnam Investments, 81 p...

The man behind the mask. Michael Batnick, the director of research for Ritholtz Wealth Management, takes a recent news article -- about an asset manager announcing he will equal-weight the S&P 500 as if it were a new strategy -- as an oppo...

Everyone seems worried about the upcoming FOMC meeting. Everyone, that is, except the bond market.  Let me clarify what I mean by “worried.” The dictionary defines it as “afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.” Whe...

Gough Financial joins the network. Gough Financial Group, a Wichita, Kan.-based advisory firm with $300 million of assets under management, announced Thursday that it joined Transcendent Advisor Networks, an office of supervisory jurisdict...

Most funds lost ground recently.