Why you should invest cautiously despite all the talk about the mother of all bull runs.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Financial Advisors, Germany & The Recession, U.S. Oil, Investing, How to Succeed in Any Market, Long Short Equity Funds, Stock Evaluation, Unusual Expectetions, College Savings Plans, I-Bonds, Emerging Markets, Financial Advisors.

Instead of breaking down your assets by account, maybe you should think of them all as one big pie.
Today's Stocks & Topics: A Share Mutual Funds, Part Time Workers, Wal-Mart, Foreclosure, Bank Stocks, Stocks Investing, Pull Back, Trading, I-R-As, How to Invest?, Buying Foreclosures.

Increasing global economic integration makes the opportunities in international real estate investment more compelling than ever before.
Today's Stocks & Topics: 401k, Dividends, George Mitchell, State Capitalism, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., Roth IRA, PBR - Petroleo Brasileiro, QCOM - Qualcomm Inc., PM - Philip Morris International Inc., HYLD - AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF, BIIB - Biogen Idec Inc., IBM - International Business Machines Corp., College Savings.

The latest data shows an average blend of equities and fixed-income mutual funds has garnered only a 2.6% net return.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Mutual Funds, 12B1, OPEC, Record iPhone Demand for the Holyday Season, Mortgage, State Capitalism, INTC - Intel Corp., GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., HAL - Halliburton Co., SIR - Select Income REIT, GPRO - GoPro Inc.

One gender simply outperforms the other at investing. By a full 2% points.  Why?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Reversion to the Mean, 401k Allocation, Big Investors & Housing Market, Retirement Benefits in 2015, VA - Virgin America Inc., Oil, TRUE - TrueCar Inc., KMI - Kinder Morgan Inc., BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

Some talk of the death of  'buy & hold' investing.  It's still alive and well, but does need some care and feeding.
Today's Stocks & Topics: GSK - GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADS, IBM - International Business Machines Corp., M&A - Mergers and Acquisitions, ISRG - Intuitive Surgical Inc., 401k, Life Insurance, BP - BP PLC ADS.

Trying out asset mixes can show you where your portfolio shines and where it doesn't.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Covered Calls, Economic Data, P - Pandora Media Inc., Small & Mid Cap Indexes, Retirement Worries, Dividends, WAG - Walgreen Co., GPOR - Gulfport Energy Corp., IPCM - IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., Taxes.

A survey shows that 53% of world business leaders polled planned to enter or expand their operations there.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Selling Short, The Fed, Long Term Care, I-R-A, SWN - Southwestern Energy Co., SYY - Sysco Corp., Investing.

Why do certain investment companies do better than others and survive unsettled markets?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Stocks Data, Long Term Care Insurance, Where Else to Invest?, Mid Cap Indexes, Retirement, Portfolio Rebalance, VFSTX - Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, Individual Bonds, Products Releases, MRK - Merck & Co. Inc., RHT - Red Hat Inc.

The funds are appealing to investors looking to avoid market highs and lows, but watch out for the fees.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Discount Brokers, Warnings Signs for Global Economy, Long Term Care Insurance, 10 Quotes from Warren Buffet, Industrial Output, SLB - Schlumberger Ltd., ETFs, BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., PBR - Petroleo Brasileiro S/A ADS, IBM - International Business Machines Corp.

Why you should invest cautiously despite all the talk about the mother of all bull runs.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Financial Advisors, Germany & Recession, U.S. Oil, RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc., INVN - InvenSense Inc., AMTD - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., REGN - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Investing, DDD - 3D Systems Corp.

Instead of breaking down your assets by account, maybe you should think of them all as one big pie.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Share Mutual Funds, Part Time Workers, Wal-Mart, PETM - PETsMART Inc., Bank Stocks, CSIQ - Canadian Solar Inc., SEAS - SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., Stocks Investing.

Once you determine what will give you peace of mind in retirement, then you need to know how you can get there financially.

Today's Stocks & Topics: HON - Honeywell International Inc., Gold, Europe Economy, Investing Strategy, GE - General Electric Co., Retirement, Jobs Report, GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, 529-Plan.

Shareholders need to accurately determine a company's true profits.

Today's Stocks & Topics: GE - General Electric Co., RIG - Transocean Ltd., Low Mortgage Rates, Shopping Season, 529-Plans, I-R-A vs. Roth I-R-A, Pension Plan, Investing, FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Inc., PCLN - Priceline Group Inc., BP - BP PLC ADS.

For your American dream to become a reality you've got to make more smart decisions than dumb ones.

Today's Stocks & Topics: ETFs & Gas Prices, Should Companies Reinvest or Buyback?, QCOM - Qualcomm Inc., Mid Cap Mutual Funds, TWO - Two Harbors Investment Corp., OAKS - Five Oaks Investment Corp., Short Sales, Bond Funds.

Will all this money flying out the window through share buybacks and special dividends put a damper on the market?

Today's Stocks & Topics: Umbrella Insurance, Investors Sentiment, Jobs Report, House Prices, SWN - Southwestern Energy Co., KKR - KKR & Co. L.P., BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Mutual Funds, Index Mutual Funds, GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, SFXE - SFX Entertainment Inc., GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc.

Possibly the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. Being asleep is what can hurt us.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Long Term Planning, Jobs Report, Global Financial Cycles, Junk Bonds, GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADS, Trust, PG - Procter & Gamble Co., KRFT - Kraft Foods Group Inc., WDAY - Workday Inc.

Some say investors hold too much in stocks and bonds and need to jack up alternatives allocations.

Today's Stocks & Topics: I-R-A, Jobs Report, Retailers Getting Ready, Sibling Disputes About Elderly Parent's Care, RIG - Transocean Ltd., Europe ETF, Index Funds, COF - Capital One Financial Corp., BLK - BlackRock Inc.

Could there be a hybrid, combining the best of both?

Today's Stocks & Topics: Hedging, China’s Car Sales, Election Day, IBIO - iBio Inc., Lower Oil Prices, TOT - Total S.A. ADS, KNDI - Kandi Technologies Group Inc., FB - Facebook Inc. Cl A, AAPL - Apple Inc., Solar Energy, SNY - Sanofi ADS.

Both ETFs and Mutual funds are viable choices for investors, but . . .

Today's Stocks & Topics: Retirement, China, Apple, DIS - Walt Disney Co., GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, KRU - Proshares Ultra KBW Region Banking ETF, TRP - TransCanada Corp., CJES - C&J Energy Services Inc.

The challenge is to try to figure out which data actually contains useful bits of information and which bits are just noise.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Retirement Fund & Taxes, The Stock Market, Vanguard, Housing & Baby Boomers, Oil, PAY - VeriFone Systems Inc., DDD - 3D Systems Corp., 401k, GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, TWWDX - Thomas White International Fund, PCLN - Priceline Group Inc., MELI - MercadoLibre Inc.