Deciding when to claim Social Security benefits should be a simple math exercise focused on longevity, taxes and income needs. But another existential risk looms. Uncertainty about the solvency of the trust fund that pays Social Security benefits...
Higher oil prices, interest rates and inflation may linger longer than investors expect. That makes diversification with top ETFs a priority after years of strong gains from a narrow group of large-cap technology stocks. Alternative strategies, midcap stocks...
Hopes for lower interest rates are fading fast, putting renewed pressure on bond prices — and fixed-income investors' portfolios. Wall Street is now pricing in Federal Reserve rate hikes this year. Blame a resurgent job market and sticky...
AI is a technology with the power to upend jobs, investments and security. But there are ways to AI proof your life. The AI train has already left the station. There is a way to build resilience into...
Wondering what rich people are doing with their money and where they're investing? A new Bank of America Private Bank study offers an inside look at the high net worth crowd. When it comes to investing, wealthy Americans...
It's Wall Street's version of winning the lottery: A worker becomes a multimillionaire overnight after their employer's success turns into IPO riches. Call it the SpaceX effect. An estimated 4,400 former and current employees of Elon Musk's commercial...
Keith White, manager of Vanguard Global Capital Cycles Fund, likes to invest with the odds of winning stacked in his favor. The top-performing fund manager's strategy is to find stocks around the world with upside that is meaningfully...
The best quarterly stock market performance in six years powered the average U.S. diversified equity fund to a 17.1% gain in the second quarter. Investors hope the trend continues into the third quarter. The resurgence in the AI...
NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) is the largest electric utility and energy infrastructure company in North America.
Full disclosure: I’ve owned the stock for a very long time, having reinvested the rising dividend for years.
But can I and other shareholders...
Recently, I found myself more stressed about a trade than I’d been in a long time.
After 30 years trading the markets, stress doesn’t affect me much anymore.
I have my processes and don’t risk more than I am comfortable...
