Don’t think for a minute that your investment portfolio should stick exclusively to the traditional “stocks and bonds” structure. Today’s market can be quite challenging when trying to evaluate which opportunities will be the most profitable. Commercial Real Estate is an asset class that can bring you several benefits.

Social Security should be the cornerstone for income planning for anyone who is about ready to retire. Here are three reasons why: Social Security makes up on average almost 65% of the total household income. It's the best annuity money can buy. For a married couple, when to elect Social Security may be the most important decision they make in retirement.

A Buffered Index Portfolio uses structured notes to create upward participation in the market with a predetermined level of downward protection against the volatility of it.

As both candidates' campaigns begin to heat up, they will be promoting and defending their proposals. To get started, we'll look at some of the most important Biden tax plans regarding our current economical environment.

Befitting recent times, even stocks are polarizing. While investors are enjoying record returns, an unhealthy schism between technology-oriented growth stocks and “old economy” stocks are well advanced.

A Health Savings Account (HSA) is a savings medium for people enrolled in a high deductible health plan to save for medical bills that may appear in the future. And due to its features, an HSA might be better than a 401(k).

Our unemployment rate is getting better day by day, but many people in the workforce understand that their job might not be safe. Instead of knocking on wood as the pandemic "hungover" worsens, it is essential to be apt to secure another job or prepare economically for a job loss.

The broader U.S. stock market was down slightly for the week with the S&P 500 declining 0.33% and the Russell 2000 weakening by 0.41%. The NASDAQ rose 0.41% while the international markets were the winners: international developed markets (MSCI EAFE) rose 1.08% as the emerging markets (MSCI EM) added 1.75%

Now that several states in our country are slowly opening their businesses, revamping the economy, while others are staying put with the government’s regulations, you might have some free time in your hands. See this as an opportunity to get ahead with your personal numbers, whether if it is to beat the market, protect yourself from scammers, or try new things. I’ve assembled a couple of tips that can benefit your finances.

For the first quarter (with 91% of the companies in the S&P 500 reporting actual results), 86% of S&P 500 companies have reported a positive EPS surprise. If that ratio holds, it will mark the highest percentage of S&P 500 companies reporting a positive EPS surprise since FactSet began tracking this metric in 2008.