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 ...

Since the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08, when the correlation of all risky assets rose toward 1, investors have been hearing that because of globalization the world has become “flat.”. That led ...

Compounding can build wealth. Resilience can protect it. Together, they can anchor long-term success. In today’s uncertain world, betting on a concentrated portfolio may be a risky gamble. Diversify ...

Bitcoin's correlations to equities are running high this year, prompting some investors to ponder the diversification benefits of cryptocurrency and assets such as the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF ...

Diversification involves spreading your money across a variety of investments and asset classes. A diversified portfolio helps to reduce risk and may lead to a higher return. Investments that move in ...

Adding international exposure is one of the first steps toward a diversified portfolio. Even minimalist investors usually carve out a portion of their portfolios for non-U.S. stocks as a supplement to ...

Unlike traditional commodity ETFs COM tries to mitigate downside risk (by moving to cash if deemed necessary). As a result, it is currently outperforming other commodity ETFs. At first sight, COM ...

During times of global turbulence, like the kind induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, cryptocurrencies may provide much-needed diversification to investment portfolios, according to a paper from ...

Direct indexing’s popularity has soared, with assets invested in direct indexes exceeding $260 billion at the end of 2022. This approach, which involves investing in the individual securities ...

In his 2005 book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas Friedman noted that the convergence of technology and events allowed India, China and many other countries to ...