Equity returns will drop to 5 to 8 percent per year, while those for bonds will decline to 2 to 3 percent, according to Vanguard's Nathan Zahm.

Judging by the growing demand for a variety of hedges, investors are seeking insurance in case stocks reverse course.

“The question that we all ask ourselves all the time is once that excessive accommodation by global central bankers reverses, how much of a challenge is it to global fixed income?”

Rising healthcare costs hurt retirement saving, Orion partners with Mineral Interactive on a prospect portal, and Ray Dalio calls Bitcoin a bubble.

Fund flows are sending encouraging short-term signals, says TrimTabs CEO David Santschi, though the quarterly volume of corporate buybacks, highly correlated with the S&P 500, has dropped to the lowest level in eight years.

U.S. investors are growing numb to geopolitical tensions and are now weighing the likelihood of a Fed rate increase.

The put-to-call ratio of SPDR Gold Shares, the largest ETF backed by the metal, is the highest in two years.