Investing

Investing for a Low-Return Stock Market in the Next Decade
Investing

Investing for a Low-Return Stock Market in the Next Decade

William Smead | March 5, 2025

Is your portfolio prepared for a lost decade in the stock market? Over the last 10 years, the S&P 500…

Best Cybersecurity Stocks Now
Stocks

Best Cybersecurity Stocks Now

Malik Ahmed Khan, CFA | March 3, 2025

What do the US Treasury, AT&T, Neiman Marcus, the Port of Seattle and Texas Tech University have in common? They…

What Is Stagflation…and How Should You Prepare?
The Economy

What Is Stagflation…and How Should You Prepare?

Giacomo DiPasquale, PhD | February 22, 2025

Of all the forms of potential economic gloom and doom, stagflation is among the most concerning. But what is it…

What Is Par Value?
Investing

What Is Par Value?

Robert M. Brinker, CFS | February 21, 2025

Investors who buy bonds obtain a key piece of information that the purchasers of most other investments don’t get—they know…

You Can Win with Low-Maintenance Stocks
Investing

You Can Win with Low-Maintenance Stocks

Eddy Elfenbein | February 18, 2025

Few investors embrace the mantra, Less is more or have been more successful at it than Eddy ­Elfenbein. Since 2005, Elfenbein has…

The 50% Rule
Investing

The 50% Rule

Allan S. Roth, CFP, CPA | February 18, 2025

Should you put your money in stocks or bonds? How about investing a windfall all at once…or spreading it out…

Counterintuitive Stock Market Wisdom
Investing

Counterintuitive Stock Market Wisdom

Ben Carlson, CFA | February 18, 2025

Remember the episode of the TV sitcom Seinfeld when perpetual failure George Costanza realized his life would turn around if he would…

Unconventional S&P 500 Index Funds
Investing

Unconventional S&P 500 Index Funds

Bryan Armour | January 29, 2025

If you’ve held an S&P 500 index fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) in your portfolio over the past decade, kudos…

What Is Arbitrage? Examples in Investing, Airbnbs and More
Investing

What Is Arbitrage? Examples in Investing, Airbnbs and More

Anton Schutz | January 13, 2025

If you spend time reading about finance topics, you’ve probably have come across the term arbitrage and perhaps wondered what…

Eight Best Stock Funds for 2025
Stocks

Eight Best Stock Funds for 2025

Janet Brown | January 8, 2025

The bull market is likely to continue through early 2025, but after two years of double-digit gains and new record…

Is There Too Much Big Tech in Your Portfolio?
Investing

Is There Too Much Big Tech in Your Portfolio?

January 4, 2025

Do you suffer from TMT—Too Much Tech? Even if you think you are diversified because you own index funds, the…

Shrewd Investor: Chinese Stock Rally
Investing

Shrewd Investor: Chinese Stock Rally

Neena Mishra, CFA | January 2, 2025

Chinese stocks are the hot new asset class, despite double-digit losses every year since the end of the Pandemic. The…

Best Money Moves for 2025
Investing

Best Money Moves for 2025

December 20, 2024

This is a year of great opportunity…but also one for caution. The economy is reaccelerating…yet investors will need to look…

6 REITs to Consider Now
Investing

6 REITs to Consider Now

Gregg Korondi, CFA | November 25, 2024

The two-year-old bull market in stocks hasn’t been kind to real estate investment trusts, better known as REITs. This sector,…

Best Vanguard Mutual Funds
Investing

Best Vanguard Mutual Funds

Jeffrey DeMaso, CFA | November 22, 2024

You probably know the Vanguard Group for its lineup of index funds that passively track major indices like the S&P…