Not every advisor sees a role for alternative investments like private placements or nontraded REITs. For those who do, making the allocations in reaction to declines in traditional portfolios is a mistake.

The Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF would track an index of municipal bonds with maturities between one month and seven years.

Minerd died in his home from a heart attack.

High-profile investors criticized the Ark founder for disparaging ‘archaic’ measures like cash flow and stoking stock mania.

Research shows short sellers are informed market participants, and stocks with the highest lending fees for short sellers still earn abnormally low returns.