

4 Funds to Cut Your Risk in a Stock Market Correction
I don’t think that the recent market rumblings are signaling the onset of a bear market. But stocks are richly priced, and we’re overdue...


The Best Little Funds No One Is Talking About
Virtually every reader who has called or e-mailed me in the past two years has talked about one or more of the following: Vanguard,...


Don't Sell This Bull Market Short
Several clients have asked me recently whether they should sell some stock funds. “Isn't the market too high?” they ask. No question, the...


Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?
So many investors have been bailing out of actively managed mutual funds and piling into index and quasi-index funds via exchange-traded...


Spread Your Bets in Today's Tricky Bond Market
Get used to it: The years of generous, low-risk returns are over for bonds. Almost all investors still need to own bonds because they...


Good Reasons to Invest in Foreign Stocks Right Now
After badly trailing U.S. stocks for most of the past decade, foreign stocks are suddenly on fire. Is now the time to load up on them, or...


REITs—Still Evolving
The “modern REIT era” dates back to legislation passed in 1960. In the last half century, the sector has evolved from being a small...


Be Wary of "Great" Investments
Humans are hard-wired to seek good and avoid bad—it’s one of our critical survival mechanisms. It serves well in day-to- day activities,...


Six Tips for Picking Top Funds
The sad truth is that roughly two-thirds of all actively managed mutual funds fail to beat their benchmarks. Most investors are better...


Don't Abandon Stocks
In the 1930s, Benjamin Graham, the father of security analysis, likened investing in stocks to doing business with a manic-depressive....
































