'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.

The wealthy make money missteps, too. But you don't have to be rich to make these mistakes.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Cash, PICK – I Shares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF, Health Care Spending, Loose Money, HFC – Holly Frontier Corp., Investing, F - Ford Motor Co., GPRO - GoPro Inc., Holding Cash, WPC - W. P. Carey Inc., VTR - Ventas Inc., INFY - Infosys Ltd.

Investors can suffer when they choose to stick to their default modes of investing and fail to adjust.
Today's Stocks & Topics: New Investor, VXX - Barclays Bank PLC iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN, Housing, Health Care Spending, Tricks to Sell Your Home Faster, WWAV - WhiteWave Foods Co., LYB - LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Cl A, MO - Altria Group Inc., NTDOY - Nintendo Co. Ltd. ADR, Risks, TIF - Tiffany & Co., VNQ - Vanguard REIT ETF, TIF - Tiffany & Co., ACIA - Acacia Communications Inc., Buying a New House.

This option allows the employee to invest their retirement funds however they like, rather than being limited to the mutual funds on their roster.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Investing Strategy, REGN - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Value Stock, TM - Toyota Motor Corp., ACIA - Acacia Communications Inc., LEA - Lear Corp., VLO - Valero Energy Corp., Jobs Report, Dollar Cost Average.

So you want to build a robust retirement portfolio that avoids the dreaded all-your-eggs-in-one-basket cliché?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Sectors, VUZI - Vuzix Corp., Retirement, Brexit & Buying Opportunities, Using I-R-A or Social Security, GDX - VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF, RAD - Rite Aid Corp., IEX - IDEX Corp., FHKCX - Fidelity China Region Fund, GPL - Great Panther Silver Ltd., CYH - Community Health Systems Inc.

There are formulas to help you match your annual spending with growth in your portfolio.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Publicly Traded Companies, Gold & Silver, Mortgages, Alcoa Earnings, RIG - Transocean Ltd., WOOF - VCA Inc., JNJ - Johnson & Johnson, GBX - Greenbrier Cos. Inc., BIDU - Baidu Inc. ADR, VLO - Valero Energy Corp., FSLR - First Solar Inc., AMZN - Amazon.com Inc.

For retirees, even low inflation can have an outsized effect on their finances. They face a different inflation environment than non-retirees.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Limited Partnership, Gold, New Kind of Housing Crisis, Banks, the Stock Market, Pros and Cons of a 403(b) Rollover Into an Roth IRA, Individual Bonds, New Retire, Deadliest Animals in America, Stock Investing, Bond Funds, Buying Foreclosures, Mutual Funds, Interest Rates, Stocks Value, Dividends, Earnings.

Over time the risk level in your portfolio can increase or decrease without you even knowing it.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Big Companies, Metrics, Countries With Negative Interest Rates, Morgan Stanley, Workers Over 50, Oil & Gas Transportation Companies, Pharmaceuticals, Dividends, Statistics, Large Caps, Mutual Funds, Day Trading, Retirement, Treasury Bonds, Cash Reserve Fund.

Year-to-date gains in core commodity indexes are two to three times the gains in broad U.S. bond and stock indexes.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Dividends, TSO - Tesoro Corp., QQQ - PowerShares QQQ Trust Series, AGU - Agrium Inc., GBSN - Great Basin Scientific Inc., Oil Companies, MACD, STNG - Scorpio Tankers Inc., Commodities, GDX - VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF, NG - NovaGold Resources Inc., BCS - Barclays PLC ADR.

These two types of investments are traded and taxed differently.
Today's Stocks & Topics: P.E. Ratio, DAN - Dana Holding Corp., Shorting Banks, JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Brexit, Top vs.
Bottom Line Growth, GOOG - Alphabet Inc. Cl C, AZO - AutoZone Inc., VASC - Vascular Solutions Inc., Systematic Risk,
Recommended Books, New Investor.

In this long running bull market, only about half of Americans have any money invested in the stock market. That matches the lowest ownership rate in one poll’s 19-year history.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Real Estate, New Investor, Interest Rates, 401k, ESPP: Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Chinese ADRs, Stock Split, International Investing, Retirement, Equity Index Annuities, 529 Plan, Pension Plans, Financial Advisors.

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, UA - Under Armour Inc. Cl A, UA.C - Under Armour Inc. Cl C, KEP - Korea Electric Power Corp., GBLX - GrowBlox Sciences Inc., CRM - Salesforce.com Inc., VCSH - Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF, FTBFX - Fidelity Total Bond Fund Fidelity Total Bond, CAH - Cardinal Health Inc., Britain, GNMA - iShares GNMA Bond ETF, BX - Blackstone Group L.P., Forward Price-to-Earnings, HSY - Hershey Co.