Folio thinking involves collecting, organizing, reflecting on, and drawing connects between learning experiences. It helps students look back at their learning, show progress, consider the personal ...

This year, the stock market is teaching new investors an important lesson, with many sectors losing value. Instead of hoping for the next big run-up, I will show you a diversified portfolio example ...

Despite the unresolved European debt crisis and America's fiscal cliff, stock markets remain buoyant. With politicians bickering, that is mostly due to aggressive action from central banks. Yet ...

Talks about portfolio asset allocation are often reignited whenever stock market investors are facing uncertainty. When the Trump administration's tariff policies sent many stock market indexes into ...

If you’ve taken the time to decide on a target asset allocation—the mix of stocks, bonds, and cash in your portfolio—you’re probably ahead of many investors. But there’s a catch. Unless you’re ...

Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, ...

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Below is a graphic representation of the data in the chart above. It may clearly be observed that standard deviation of the portfolio is asymptotic (law of diminishing returns) as it relates to ...

Analysts once called companies like General Electric and Xerox “one-decision stocks”—buy ’em and forget ’em, then reap the benefits years later. Today, target-date mutual funds are one-decision ...