Service companies should make out best in the next decade, professor of finance says
Advisers need to do a better job of helping clients save, says consumer finance expert
Calculating how much money would have been raised if rates were higher is weird science, at best
Expiring tax cuts, divided Congress and a hard landing in China among the chief worries
With a a third of broker reps and indie advisers allocating to precious metals, commodities are now mainstream
The nation's housing market still may be struggling, but don't rule out investment opportunities in real estate. Last year, real estate investment trusts, as measured by the FTSE Nareit All REIT Index, gained 7.3%, more than three times the 2.11% return of the S&P 500.
Earnings per share of S&P 500 to reach eyepopping $115, says Cote: 'investor sentiment a contra-indicator'
Scott Schermerhorn, chief investment officer at Granite Investment Advisors, is so enamored with stock valuations in relation to the strength and direction of dividends that he believes portfolios should be tilted strongly in favor of stocks over bonds.
In a world of increasing uncertainty in which not everyone has amassed a nest egg big enough for retirement, financial advisers are doing a delicate dance: helping elderly clients embrace more investment risk while advising them to try to get by on less
