Nearly every retirement portfolio should contain real estate, but most investors can’t buy a building. Fortunately, it’s easy to own property without ever fixing a toilet, or worrying about a … Read more →

Bill Gross and his Pimco gang came riding into Wall Street last week with guns blazing, like outlaws in a Clint Eastwood Western, launching the first formidable “active” exchange-traded fund. … Read more →

When building a retirement portfolio consisting of funds, investors have two basic choices: give your money to a mutual fund, pay high fees and hope they “beat the market” (called … Read more →

U.S. investors seem fixated on the S&P 500 and the Dow, as if they’re the only indicators that matter, when discussing the stock market. “Oh boy, the Dow was down … Read more →

Baby boomers who grew up listening to this Steve Miller song remember that it was about a guy who had cash, but couldn’t get a girlfriend, buy a Cadillac, or … Read more →

As uncouth as it may be, worrying about one’s investments seems to be the order of the day. And it’s no wonder. As the markets careen to and fro, publications … Read more →

We all love stories in which failure breeds success: Michael Jordan being cut from his high school basketball team, Thomas Edison being told by a teacher that he was too … Read more →

You’ve got money to invest. But it seems that once you have a few bucks, everyone wants to put their hand in your pocket—and keep it there—forever! We’re not talking … Read more →

Over the past year or so, the four leading trading houses have offered a suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that trade for free. Schwab lead the charge by offering free … Read more →

In the mid 1990s, exchange-traded funds came riding down Wall Street like Clint Eastwood in an old spaghetti western—fearless and ready to take on the bandits who had been terrorizing … Read more →