A foundation of portfolio construction has wobbled in recent years, but a top strategist at BlackRock urges investors not to ...

Most investors try to formulate appropriate allocations to stocks vs. bonds and cash. But do these allocations predict future returns? And if so, how far ahead? Ten years of quarterly allocation data ...

How much money should you put into stocks? A popular asset allocation by age model invites investors to let their age guide their investments. As the theory goes, younger investors should put more of ...

Individual investors’ allocations to stocks decreased while bond allocations increased and cash allocations were unchanged in ...

Imagine you’re taking cross country road trip. You and a friend will drive from New York City to Los Angeles… and see lots of sights along the way. Let’s also say that you’ll buy a new car for the ...

Asset allocation balances risk by mixing investment types to optimize returns and stability. Diversified portfolios, even with different investments, perform similarly if their asset mix is the same.

Index funds are a very efficient way for an investor to add specific sector, asset class, investment style or geographic allocations to a portfolio. Traditional portfolio construction involves the ...

How you allocate your assets between equity and debt is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when investing. In addition to being riskier, equity investments, such as stocks, also offer ...

MILAN (Reuters) - European stocks saw their second largest allocation in a quarter of a century in January, as lagging risk assets played catch up, according to a survey of investors from BofA Global ...

We consider a one-warehouse, N-retailer, multiperiod, stock allocation problem in which holding costs are identical at each location and no stock is received from outside suppliers for the duration of ...

There are some common rules of thumb, such as maintaining an allocation of 60% stocks and 40% bonds (which is known as the 60 ...