Schwab's fund platform is expanding to 198 the number of ETFs that trade without commissions.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you can believe it, Janet Yellen is still teasing the markets with the idea of rate hike this year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A flat return for cash is turning out to be the best bet out there, which should send a message to the Fed and the markets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you thought 2014 was a rough year for mutual fund capital gains taxes, you might want to start adjusting those portfolios to avoid a repeat.
As clients clamor for more income, there are eight alternative assets that emerge as viable options
The trick is knowing when and where to move in or out.
This is the time of year when everyone on Medicare can reevaluate features of their plans to see if they're getting the best coverage at the best price.
Strategies designed to ride market waves provide the best upside in a market that points down.
Often overlooked by advisers, these noncorrelated strategies can fit well in a thoughtfully constructed portfolio
Topping the list of the best-performing exchange-traded funds of the past 10 years is the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio, with an eye-popping return of 420%.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Turns out, rare trips to the U.S. by a Pope have not always been good for stocks.
Change in focus away from jobs and inflation could mean increase is off the table until global economies recover.
Risk parity comes under scrutiny for its potential impact as prices slumped. The upshot: Maybe not
More takeovers may follow Strategic Hotels, BioMed deals as REIT shares offer 15% discount to buying individual buildings.
With the $3 trillion in exchange-traded funds worldwide expected to double by 2020, the powerful bank is preparing to launch its first line of them.
New analysis suggests the difference between top and bottom unconstrained funds was Treasury exposure and the effectiveness of the manager's market timing.
Allowing mutual funds to flip a switch and turn on exit fees for investors on a moment's notice seems reactionary and short-sighted.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Lynn Tilton is now being charged with 'grossly' mismanaging $100 million in investor assets, which she denies.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The atrophy of the manufacturing sector as commodity prices wane is wreaking havoc on a number of advanced economies.
