I am fascinated by the success of the securities industry. They are able to convince you to part with your money by touting their...

(MoneyWatch) The fact that so many investors fail to diversify properly is distressing given that changes in the stock markets have made...

To help clients benefit from market volatility, financial adviser Michael Chasnoff relies on what he calls real-time rebalancing....

Trying to time when to get into and out of the stock market erodes investors’ long-term returns, says reformed market-timer Jeff...

Daniel Suelo hasn’t made a penny in 12 years. He hasn’t spent a penny either. Suelo is the subject of the book “The Man Who Quit Money,”...

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(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY Jack Otter, executive editor at CBS MoneyWatch.com, has written a new book that provides simple answers to the...

Dimensional Fund Advisors has an investment approach that is structured and simple to monitor. They believe that over time, a...

Bear Market – an 18-to-24 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. —...

Ben Stein and I wrote Yes, You Can Supercharge Your Portfolio to demonstrate the practical value of Modern Portfolio Theory to a mass...

After years of growing separation between Consumer Directed Healthcare and older healthcare insurance plans such as PPOs, a major study...

One of the most common ways that financial advisors demonstrate a value proposition to clients is to help clients manage their own...

How much of your money do you actually see? In your hands? In your wallet? If I had to guess, it would be somewhere less than 5% of your...

As employment pension plans are being replaced by 401(k)s, we need to be mindful of any potential changes to tax treatment of these...

Policy-makers are gearing up for the tax-reform effort and wondering if retirement vehicles can’t be streamlined and gain more traction...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — You’d think a legislative bill to fund the nation’s highways and mass-transit systems would have no...

Are you or your adult children carrying a big load of student debt? Your family may well feel like the federal deficit is sitting on your...

For an investment return that tops those offered by hedge funds, insurance firms or Wall Street banks, baby boomers should look to Social...

By John Wasik CHICAGO, April 27 (Reuters) – Ugly duckling stocks are surprises in small packages that turn into great performing swans...

Given their rapid rise to glory and already-dominant slice of daily trading volume, it seems odd to consider exchange traded funds, or...