By STEVE GARMHAUSEN
February 20, 2012
Special Report
Barron's annual listing of the top 1,000 financial advisors. Their single biggest recommendation: Buy dividend stocks.
By STEVE GARMHAUSEN
February 20, 2012
Special Report
Barron's annual listing of the top 1,000 financial advisors. Their single biggest recommendation: Buy dividend stocks.
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Barron's Cover Story
February 6, 2012
Barron's/Lipper's Best Fund Famili...
By IAN SALISBURY
February 1, 2012
SmartMoney Cover Story
If past performance is any indication of fut...
by GENE EPSTEIN
Barron's Cover Story
February 11, 2012
Based on cyclical patterns of market histo...
by KAREN BLUMENTHAL
From The New Basics: Getting Going
November 5, 2011
Disability insurance has long...
by TATIANA SERAFIN
Barron's Penta
December 3, 2011
Fearing that their children might blow their l...
by BURTON G. MALKIEL
December 7, 2011
The yields on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds will likely fall b...
By KAREN BLUMENTHAL
From Getting Going
October 22, 2011
The great scramble for retirement income is c...
By STEVE GARMHAUSEN
February 20, 2012
Special Report
Barron's annual listing of the top 1,000 financial advisors. Their single biggest recommendation: Buy dividend stocks.
by MICHAEL SHARI
Barron's Cover Story
February 6, 2012
Barron's/Lipper's Best Fund Families of 2011 stayed fully invested, but in safe plays. So who came out on top?
by GENE EPSTEIN
Barron's Cover Story
February 11, 2012
Based on cyclical patterns of market history, the odds are better than two chances in three that the Dow Jones Industrial Average will reach 15,000 or higher over the next two years. Based on the same cyclical patterns, there's about a 50-50 chance that the Dow could hit 17,000 or more.
By IAN SALISBURY
February 1, 2012
SmartMoney Cover Story
If past performance is any indication of future returns, it's not surprising that investors are skeptical of the mutual fund industry. In the past five years, more than two-thirds of the 5,000-plus funds followed by Morningstar have done worse than the underlying stock and bond indexes they're supposed to beat, or at least track.
by LESLIE SCISM
December 3, 2011
Home-insurance policies are pretty much the same, and carriers compete on the basis of price and service—right?
Believe those two myths and you might wind up paying dearly.
by BURTON G. MALKIEL
December 7, 2011
The yields on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds will likely fall below inflation for years. Fortunately, some reasonable alternative strategies exist for investors.
by TATIANA SERAFIN
Barron's Penta
December 3, 2011
Fearing that their children might blow their legacies, more parents are shunning lump-sum payments to kids turning 21.
How to set up a smart trust.
By JACK HOUGH
The Upside
November 12, 2011
Municipal bonds faced two key tests this past week—and came out looking sturdy.
The first was a spike in Italian government bond yields that culminated Wednesday with a global flight from risky assets. Muni prices rose, a sign that investors ran toward them, not away from them.
By DAWN WOTAPKA
Commercial Real Estate
October 26, 2011
Strong growth of rents and occupancy levels of rental apartments have pushed some building values to record levels as Americans shift away from home ownership.