Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. When is the best time to start investing for retirement? Right now. As a ...

You can diversify and reduce the risk of your investments by building a sound stock portfolio — a collection of assets that includes stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Anybody can build a ...

The Near Perfect Portfolio Strategy provides SWAN-like attributes and aims to meet income and growth goals while minimizing volatility and drawdowns. The strategy consists of three buckets: Dividend ...

Successful investing means working towards both short-term and long-term financial goals. But building an investment portfolio to reach both types of goals can be a challenging task. Whether you’re ...

Holding too many mutual funds doesn't mean better diversification, it often means investing in the same stocks through ...

Kayla Missman specializes in making complicated topics more approachable. She has eight years of experience in journalism, editing and marketing, allowing her to dive into interesting topics and ...

Most retirees focus on the wrong metric - and it could cost them everything. This income framework turns volatility into an ...

Portfolio rebalancing is the process of realigning the weightings of the assets in your investment portfolio to match your desired asset allocation. This typically involves selling overperforming ...

Historically, pricey markets have generated weaker 10-year average annual returns. It means investors must be more mindful of ...

Before you take off for the summer, it’s a good time to check in on your 60/40 portfolio. Besides regular rebalancing, it’s worthwhile to make sure the strategic asset allocation still fits with your ...

Over the years, I’ve conducted dozens of portfolio makeovers for Morningstar readers, digging into the situations of real-life investors and sharing my ideas about how they might improve their ...

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