Diversification is one of the golden rules of investment management. By building a portfolio of different-performing assets, such as alternatives, investors are better able to reduce risk and generate ...

In our previous report, we discussed how practitioners typically measure investment risk. We also noted how there are ways to reduce risks in a portfolio, such as ‘diversification,’ which can help ...

Traditional investments like stocks and bonds have long been the foundation of most portfolios. Still, in today’s volatile market, investors increasingly turn to alternative investments to enhance ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse ...

Talks about portfolio asset allocation are often reignited whenever stock market investors are facing uncertainty. When the Trump administration's tariff policies sent many stock market indexes into ...

This year, the stock market is teaching new investors an important lesson, with many sectors losing value. Instead of hoping for the next big run-up, I will show you a diversified portfolio example ...

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What's your investment portfolio's performance? Do you know? Just 57% of U.S. adults are "financially literate," according to a study from Standard & Poor's titled the "2015 Global Financial Literacy ...

One of the most important factors for traders when considering a strategy is the margin requirement for initiating and maintaining a position. Professional portfolio managers may benefit from applying ...

Today, we explore portfolio quality, applying the ideas of The Real Estate Chair. The four legs of the real estate chair include tenant credit quality, unit level performance, location, and ...

Recent research from Vanguard revealed a surprising finding: A lot of the money in IRAs—either the result of rollovers from company retirement plans or from direct directions—is sitting in cash ...