Investment

Innovation is a constant in the world of investing. New spins on old ideas are forever being dreamt up by product departments most of them are meant to make lots of money for the people who sell them and the investors who buy them. Not all of them...

For advisors who were trying to diversify stock-heavy portfolios, 2011 was a year for the record books. While some assets proved to be unusually powerful diversifiers, other investments provided little diversification at all. The unusual pattern...

Here are a few defensive strategies to protect against an end to the runup in fixed income over the past few years.

Behavioral finance suggests investors are often irrational when it comes to money. Some financial advisors are having great success incorporating the principles of behavioral finance with clients.

Former Merrill Lynch/Bank of America advisor Eva Weinberg is accused of helping steal $2.2 million from NFL player Dwight Freeney, according to a federal complaint.