New rules released today would make it possible to access longevity annuities in retirement plans without being subject to required minimum distribution regulations. But will it get buy-in?

Financial advisors’ confidence in the markets and the economy jumped nearly four percent in June, reversing a six-month decline.

Equity markets experienced a strong first half of the year, and stock prices already advanced to where we originally thought they would be at year-end. Bond prices rose as yields fell, with the Federal Reserve continuing its monthly tapering of a...

A lot of smart people are betting on rising interest rates and a coming bear market in bonds. Yet, people have been calling for an end to the decline in interest rates for years, said Dennis Gartman, editor and publisher of The Gartman Letter...

Macroeconomy: With little traction from fiscal policy and structural reforms, the pro-growth policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe known as "Abenomics" will continue to rely on the Bank of Japan's loose monetary policy to...

Access to new market segments, low cost cited in Charles Schwab survey