With interest rates at an all-time low, many investors are looking for ways to prepare for an eventual rate rise. Matt Tucker outlines a common strategy to help protect bond portfolios in a rising rate environment.
While the sell-off in gold has dominated headlines lately, another commodity – oil – has also experienced price declines in recent months. But despite crude’s drop, Russ is still a fan of energy stocks for four reasons.
With emerging market stocks hitting a 5-month low and significant outflows occurring in the biggest EM equity ETFs, at first glance it may seem as though investors are abandoning the category. But when Dodd Kittsley takes a closer look at ETF flows, he finds there’s more to the story than just the bellwether ETFs.
With investors increasingly concerned about a potential rise in interest rates, guest blogger Mariela Jobson explains how a potential rate increase might affect preferred stocks.
As sequester-related furloughs kick in across a number of federal agencies, investors are being reminded that the US economy likely won’t escape unscathed from these government-imposed spending cuts. Russ K explains what this means and how investors can prepare a portfolio for a slowing economy and springtime swoon.
Russ explains why he’s no longer advocating the concept of investing in certain smaller developed countries known as the CASSH countries.
