It’s tax season, and people who are busy making last-minute contributions to retirement funds to take advantage of tax benefits this year might be forgetting to consider where they’re putting money.

At its most basic level, diversification recognizes that asset classes — such as equities and bonds — carry different risks and rewards. By combining multiple sources of ...

Most investors building portfolios take it as an article of faith that holding bonds helps diversify their stocks. But which bonds, specifically, provide the biggest diversification benefits? In our ...

Exchange-traded funds potentially make it easier for financial advisers to build a well-diversified portfolio that limits volatility by spreading risk. But the proliferation of more exotic ETFs — ...

A new study reveals that 86% of high-risk retirees fail to diversify their portfolios properly. Here’s how to fix this issue and protect your retirement.

Discover Warren Buffett’s view on diversification and why he believes it's a safeguard for those lacking knowledge. Learn the implications for informed investors.

Cliff Asness and the team at AQR recently released a great paper titled – It Was the Worst of Times: Diversification During a Century of Drawdowns. The paper uses nearly 100 years of data to evaluate ...

Investment portfolio diversification can be allocated in several ways: by asset class, by industrial sector, by investment purpose (growth vs. income), by market cap size, by geography, and a litany ...

A recent column that dealt with diversification seemed to strike a nerve with readers. It appears that there is quite a bit of interest in the subject, so this week I would like to follow up with a ...

When it comes to our well-being, we’re encouraged to establish healthy habits. Always eat breakfast. Stay hydrated. Exercise several times per week. Investing has its own version “healthy habits,” too ...