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Anyone who has ever been pulled over by the cops for speeding knows all too well the pejorative query of the arresting officer: “What’s your hurry?” I mention this because it seems practically everyone these days is in a rush to ride the risk-trade and get back to financial Read more…
Michael Johnston: Several investing trends popped up in a back-and-forth 2011, as advisors sought to tweak client portfolios to take advantage of new opportunities and adapt to a macroeconomic Read more…
Don Miller: Anxiety over the European debt crisis and distrust in the markets drove volatility in global stock markets to dizzying heights in 2011. The intense level of chaos, and record low bond yields, sent investors scrambling for stocks that deliver steady returns in the form of dividends. Read more…
Michael Johnston: One of the most exclusive clubs on Wall Street now has a few more members, with the new additions resulting in some minor changes to a popular dividend-focused ETF. S&P recently added a total of ten companies to its S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat Index, headlined by telecom giant Read more…
Sean Brodrick: The market is so volatile lately that investors can be excused if they want to sit out this dance. While I don’t blame anyone for being cautious, sitting on the sidelines is no way to make money. Instead, you might want to take a closer look at companies that pay you — dividend-paying stocks Read more…
David Zeiler: Investors who like dividend-paying stocks should love exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that focus on dividend stocks – they provide the same benefits but with diluted risks. Read more…
Day two of the hope rally and U.S. and European stocks have jumped 5% to 7% in spite of the fact that no real and tangible solutions to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis have materialized. On Wall Street, they call that “buying the rumor.” It’s a Read more…
Michael Johnston: In recent years ETFs have become increasingly popular as means of establishing cost efficient, low maintenance exposure to time-tested investment strategies. Russell recently rolled out a line of “investment discipline ETFs” that essentially automate the construction of Read more…
Remember the archery contest in Robin Hood where they are shooting arrows and each time they hit the bullseye, they move the target 10 paces further away and shoot again, with the fair Maid Marian watching all the while? I kind of get the feeling that’s how money Read more…
Traditional income investors have been in despair for years now since the Fed adopted its zero interest rate policy and doesn’t appear to be changing course any time soon. Conventional safe investments like savings, CDs and money markets have continued to actually lose money to real Read more…
Morningstar’s Scott Burns discusses investor demand for dividends, international TIPS, and deeper exposure to emerging-market consumers with State Street’s Read more…
iShares, the largest issuer of U.S. ETFs by total assets, continues to make plans to expand its product lineup with the filing of three new ETFs. While the company has been expanding heavily Read more…
With interest rates continuing to hover near record lows, investors accustomed to generating attractive current returns from high quality fixed income securities have been forced to get 
The week ending on last Wednesday was not easy to investors: the biggest events in the week are the Japanese biggest earthquake in the last 20 years and its increasingly dangerous nuclear 
Oliver Pursche, President Gary Goldberg Financial Services, and Fritz Meyer, independent economist and market analyst, discuss the impact of Japan on the investment environment in 
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