What does passive investing look like at the end of the day? What does active investing cost the investor?

Should you be an active or passive investor? One of the hardest things to do when the market has gone down is to sit tight and not sell.

This week we look at Chuck Jaffe’s MarketWatch article, "Don’t spin Wall Street’s wheel of misfortune,” which compares investing somewhat to gambling.

Building a diversified portfolio means including a wide variety of stocks. Most people have a preponderance of large cap S&P companies in their portfolio but may not be aware of the benefits of including international and emerging markets as well. Mark Heb

The negative news that constantly bombards the public makes investors feel they need to do something different with their investments. They wonder if they should move their equities into bonds or vice versa. It is sometimes difficult to see the forest from

The market gurus are at it again, predicting the future and stirring up the emotions and feelings of investors. Dr. Doom (Nouriel Roubini, New York University Professor of Economics) is in the news this week sharing his 2012 outlook. Mark Hebner and Tom Co

Renowned financial economist Kenneth French shares his views on the difficulty of picking the next winning manager.

This segment features a study published in the Journal of Finance called, "The Selection and Termination of Investment Management Firms by Plan Sponsors” and two accompanying charts that show the returns of managers before and after they are hired by a pla

News this week: More municipal bankruptcies have been announced, leading us to ask whether pension plans are getting the returns that employees need to retire. IFA approached all 50 states to gather data on their state retirement systems in order to compar

Mark Hebner illustrates the difficulty in choosing which asset class (style) is going to be the next winner in any particular year. He explains the futility of style picking and shares how a diversified, rebalanced portfolio can help you avoid the problem