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Let me paint a picture. You are at a cocktail party with a friend. He can’t stop talking about the gains he recently made on the latest tech stock investment. You start to feel envious, maybe even a bit angry that you didn’t get in on the investment....

What if someone told you that you had an equal chance of quadrupling your money or of losing four times as much as your bet at the casino? This is essentially the bet that investors will make using two new leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) appro...

Often, investment advisors focus conversations solely on returns and risks. Topics like asset allocation, mutual funds versus ETFs, and other technical areas can become the main points of discussion. While what you are investing in is certainly impor...

Ever heard someone say an investment loss may be beneficial? Sounds counter-intuitive, right? Interestingly enough, there are situations in which an investment loss may be beneficial for your situation. Benefitting from investment losses involves tak...

If you are going to be an investor, then you have to get used to the idea of market volatility. There’s simply no way around it.

According to a survey conducted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), financial matters are the most common source of discord in marriages. The survey found that financial matters are the source of three arguments per mon...

There is a perceived notion that technological advances have rendered actively managed mutual funds obsolete. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In point of fact, approximately 70% of U.S. assets are invested in actively managed funds.

This is the time of year when many people are reviewing their investment performance reports from the year before. During this review, however, most people neglect to analyze one of the most important components of their performance: risk-adjusted re...

When it comes to deciding who will help you manage your investments and retirement savings, you have two main options: a big bank (or wirehouse) or a registered investment advisor (RIA). How can you make the best decision for you?

The final years leading up to your retirement are critical from a financial planning perspective. During the last five to seven years of pre-retirement and the first few years of retirement itself, you will likely need to make subtle shifts in your r...