Investment Strategies
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60/40 Portfolio Set for Worst Loss Since March 2020
By Michael MacKenzie | Ye XieThe Bloomberg 60/40 index has lost 5.4% in January, its worst showing since the start of pandemic lockdowns.
January 27, 2022
4 Tips for Working With Clients When Markets Are VolatileMarket swings create opportunities for outreach, since they often lead to acute emotional responses in many investors.
January 26, 2022
Fed Signals Liftoff 'Soon,' Sees Asset-Reduction Start AfterwardFed chair Jerome Powell and other officials aren't "going to shrink the balance sheet until after they start raising rates," noted Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd.
January 25, 2022
How Inflation Really Hurts Retirees — and What to Do About ItHere are two cheap ways to help protect against inflation, without buying more stocks.
January 24, 2022
GMO's Grantham: 7 Signs We're in a Stock Collapse (And What to Do Now)While he hates to be a party pooper, the veteran asset manager says, "giving this advice is my job and possibly the right thing to do."
January 24, 2022
Morgan Stanley's Slimmon Warns Against Buying Growth-Stock DipHe also explains how the MSIF U.S. Core Portfolio fund he co-manages beat the S&P 500 with a 36% gain in 2021.
January 20, 2022
Fidelity Readies the First Retail Direct Indexing ProductThe minimum investment for Fidelity Managed FidFolios is $5,000; the fee is 40 basis points.
January 20, 2022
GMO's Grantham: Historic Stock Selloff Has BegunLosses in equities, bonds, real estate and commodities, he calculates, may reach $35 trillion in the U.S.