With High Income, Don’t Believe Your Eyes Funds claiming high yields amid market volatility? There’s always a catch. John Rekenthaler Oct 13, 2022
The Public Was Wrong About Social Security Why did so many people miss the mark? John Rekenthaler Oct 6, 2022
Another Perspective on Stock Prices Asking once again: Have U.S. equities become cheap? John Rekenthaler Oct 3, 2022
The 5 Best Financial Innovations—Ever No, bitcoin does not make the cut. John Rekenthaler Sep 29, 2022
Can Bond Funds Repel the Indexers? If so, the industry’s leaders must perform better. John Rekenthaler Sep 22, 2022
An Update on I Bond Yield Although their future I Bond yield has slipped, they remain an excellent bargain. John Rekenthaler Sep 19, 2022
Private Funds: An Ongoing Danger The benefits of keeping investment executives on a tight leash. John Rekenthaler Sep 12, 2022
Which Inflation Hedges Have Worked? We found several winners — and a lot more losers. John Rekenthaler Sep 8, 2022
Why Are U.S. Equity-Fund Managers Performing Worse? In theory, their odds should be improving. John Rekenthaler Sep 2, 2022
What’s Alpha? These days, the statistic’s interpretation is taken more figuratively than literally. John Rekenthaler Sep 1, 2022
Retirees Aren’t the Only Ones Who Face Sequence Risk The order of investment returns matters for workers, too. John Rekenthaler Aug 29, 2022
Should Pension Funds Speculate in Cryptocurrency? The answer is less straightforward than it first appears. John Rekenthaler Aug 22, 2022
Investors Are Shunning Vanguard’s Best Funds The company’s actively managed funds are shedding assets. John Rekenthaler Aug 18, 2022
I Bonds Forever? The long-range outlook for this year’s investment fashion. John Rekenthaler Aug 11, 2022
Run, Don’t Walk, for I Bonds Now is the perfect time to buy today’s investment darlings. John Rekenthaler Aug 8, 2022
Will the Fund Industry Ever Change? Probably not, as its customers have become very set in their ways. John Rekenthaler Aug 4, 2022
In Praise of Wall Street Financial institutions might sometimes be wicked, but they deliver a genuine public good. John Rekenthaler Aug 1, 2022