Cierra Murry is an expert in banking, credit cards, investing, loans, mortgages, and real estate. She is a banking consultant, loan signing agent, and arbitrator with more than 15 years of experience ...

Asset allocation is the measure of how the investments in your portfolio are divided among different asset types and classes. The idea is to spread your investments among multiple “baskets,” giving ...

Both methods have their pros and cons.

The following is an excerpt from Christine Benz’s recent webcast, Tune Up Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times. Watch the full webcast. Christine Benz: Moving over to talk about asset allocation. This is ...

Learn about multi-asset class investments, which use diversification across different asset types to manage risk and ...

E. Napoletano is a former registered financial advisor and award-winning author and journalist. Courtney Reilly-Larke is the deputy editor of Forbes Advisor Canada. Previously, she was the associate ...

Investors generally focus on asset allocation, which is the appropriate mix of stocks and bonds. Many, especially wealthier people, should also pay attention to asset location, experts say. This aims ...

Imagine you’re taking cross country road trip. You and a friend will drive from New York City to Los Angeles… and see lots of sights along the way. Let’s also say that you’ll buy a new car for the ...

Pre-retirees and retirees may be understandably concerned about their exposure to stock market risk, particularly in these uncertain times. Let’s take a look at how a hypothetical 65-year-old couple ...

Morningstar’s Christine Benz put together a series of investment portfolio examples that both retirees and savers can refer to as they build their own portfolios. The goal of these portfolios isn’t to ...

Looking at your investment portfolio, you may notice a breakdown of all the different types of assets you invest in. This is your asset allocation. It’s the practice of dividing investments among ...