Edward Jones on Thursday agreed to pay $20 million to settle a case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission claiming the firm overcharged customers in the sales of new municipal bonds...
Whether you think gold is a purely speculative investment or the go-to currency for an economic apocalypse, a case can be made that the bear market in the metal is coming to an end.
The strategy of adding bonds to the portfolio has long been a standard tool for mitigating equity market risk to some degree. This has remained true during the post-financial crisis era, but with today’s low interest rate environment, and...