'Managed futures funds' give access to an entirely different portion of the market, untouched by the average investor.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Dividends, Dollar Cost Average, Bullish Sign on the Market, GDP Numbers, Bank of Japan, VDC - Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, WFM - Whole Foods Market Inc., HYG - iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, ERJ - Embraer S/A ADR, TJX - TJX Cos, CD Laddering, CHL - China Mobile Ltd. ADR, Futures.

REITs have been by far the best-performing asset class in the market over the past 15 years but most actively managed fund managers have largely ignored them.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Refinancing, WFC - Wells Fargo & Co., Big Companies Numbers, Low Interest Rates, Home Ownership, BHLB - Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc., LNG - Cheniere Energy Inc., DLTR - Dollar Tree Inc., 401k vs. 403B, MDR - McDermott International Inc., Social Security.

The self-employed and small business owners can maximize their investments with a pension plan on their own.
Today's Stocks & Topics: P.E. Ratio, HSBC - HSBC Holdings PLC ADR, FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Inc., SH - ProShares Short S&P 500, UWTI - VelocityShares 3x Long Crude ETN linked to the S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index Excess Return, SNY - Sanofi ADR, Term Life Insurance, Interest Rates, LAZ - Lazard Ltd., the Stock Market.

Keeping large sums in your bank accounts or money market funds is a costly mistake. How to figure right number for you.
Today's Stocks & Topics: USMV - iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF, Roth I-R-A, UA - Under Armour Inc. Cl A, SBUX - Starbucks Corp., SWKS - Skyworks Solutions Inc., CMI - Cummins Inc., Property Taxes, the Economy.

Rebalancing simply means restoring a portfolio to its original makeup. Simple concept, but sometimes complicated in practice.
Today's Stocks & Topics: P.E. Ratio, LAKE - Lakeland Industries Inc., Nintendo Shares, Property Taxes, FHKCX - Fidelity China Region Fund, LL - Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., INGR - Ingredion Inc., Roth I-R-A vs. 529 Plan, HYG - iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, New Investor.

If you understand how traffic flows you’ll easily grasp just why you've had little success outperforming the market.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Share Types, Forward Price-to-Earnings, Commodities, College Dregrees, Underfunded Pensions, Forward P.E., Trading Information, Retirement, Mutual Funds, I-R-A, Sectors, Dividends, Roth I-R-A, Trading, Investing at Old Age, Long-Short Mutual Funds.

Exchange-traded funds that track gold have surged in popularity. What should you know before you invest?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Marijuana Stocks, CSCO - Cisco Systems Inc., Car Breakdowns Hit Record High, Retirement Age, NDAQ - Nasdaq Inc., DEO - Diageo PLC ADR, Roth IRA vs. 529 Plan, QCOM - Qualcomm Inc., TCP - TC PipeLines L.P., WPZ - Williams Partners L.P., ORCL - Oracle Corp.

Only a third of parents are actually using one of these accounts. Why is that?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Business Development Companies, BP - BP PLC ADR, Saving Time and Money, Gold vs. Dollar, VNQ - Vanguard REIT ETF, RH - Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc., P - Pandora Media Inc., International ETFs, Tracking S&P 500, SXCP - SunCoke Energy Partners L.P., PNNT - PennantPark Investment Corp., GDX - VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF.

What those fund ratings mean, adding up expensive ratios, weighing the importance of past performance, active or passive management.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Mobil Apps, ETFs, Charts, WCIC - WCI Communities Inc., Interest Rates, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., GME - GameStop Corp., the Economy, Housing Sales Report, NFLX - Netflix Inc., 401k Funds.

They’re Unconventional, and you may have a lot of homework to do before you try them.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Cash Flow Per Share, Treasury Yield, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., HFC - HollyFrontier Corp., Target Date Funds, CAT - Caterpillar Inc.