Investing is a marathon, not a sprint. So while the stock market has been choppy in recent months, the best strategies tend to involve buying long-term ETFs to hold over years rather than weeks or months. These funds provide low... Read more
At first glance, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority （ADIA） and Canada Pension Plan （CPP） Investments could not be more different. ADIA is a sovereign wealth fund tasked with managing the surplus oil revenues of the United Arab Emirates for future... Read more
When uncertainty hits the financial markets, dividend stocks and exchange-traded funds （ETFs） become more popular due to the stability they provide.-Best Dividend ETF This is understandable since most dividend stocks represent ownership in stable companies with strong cash flows that... Read more
One thing that often trips up newer investors when evaluating semiconductor stocks is that many traditional valuation metrics don’t work as expected. One example is the forward price-to-earnings （P/E） ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s share price by its expected... Read more
Retirement often comes with worries about earning enough income from investments, while also preserving hard-earned money. Today’s retirees are in an especially tricky spot. Interest rates are still relatively high, inflation has started to edge back up and stocks have... Read more
Many U.S. investors tend to overweight domestic equities relative to their share of global market capitalization, a phenomenon known as home country bias. That bias worked against them in 2025. After a volatile start to April following President Donald Trump’s... Read more
A well-planned retirement portfolio should ideally be built around several different income buckets. When combined, those sources aim to produce a sustainable withdrawal rate that supports ongoing living expenses without exhausting savings. This framework is often tied to the 4%... Read more
One of the main reasons investors use exchange-traded funds is to avoid the level of analysis required to select individual securities. Instead of screening stocks based on metrics such as price-to-earnings ratios, free cash flow, return on equity or revenue... Read more
Geopolitical tensions have brought a lot of uncertainty to the markets, but investors know one thing for certain: Those tensions will cause countries to put more money into their defense systems and militaries. When a significant amount of capital flows... Read more
In late 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough by creating a fusion reaction that produced more energy than the lasers used to create it. This milestone sparked a tech arms race, exciting investors about the... Read more
How do you combine illiquid assets – investments that aren’t marked to market daily and don’t have a steady roster of buyers and sellers – with a public vehicle designed to trade freely for retail investors? One possible solution is... Read more
While investor attention in 2025 and early 2026 has been dominated by the momentum and volatility in precious metals such as gold and silver, another corner of the capital markets has been undergoing a quieter but equally important shift: private... Read more