Volatility at the start of this year has many investors concerned about their exposure to equities, but advisers must put short-term market events in context and keep investors focused.
With rates trending downward since the 1980s, the potential rising interest rate environment represents a significant shift for financial advisers — one that many of us have never experienced.
The conventional wisdom is to move out of bonds, but a strategy to diversify the income-producing assets in your portfolio may be a better bet.