Financial insights for achieving your goals.

When markets become volatile, it can seem like the right time to change your investment plans. Here's why you should hold tight.

After a long spell of positive returns, it can come as a shock to be reminded that stock prices go down as well as up. The truth is, such movement is practically guaranteed.

Remember to include health care costs, and a strategy to pay for them, as you invest and plan for retirement.

One chart illustrates the rewards of keeping a balanced portfolio, even when the stock market gets sticky.

Downturns are inevitable in the economic cycle, but reactive selling can do more harm to your portfolio than market fluctuations.

Setting up a trust for your family members is an effective way to distribute your assets according to your wishes while also avoiding probate. Learn about a trust’s benefits, potential drawbacks and tax considerations.

Compare the advantages of a traditional IRA versus a Roth IRA when saving for retirement.

Election years bring predictions of how candidates could impact market performance, but history indicates otherwise.

For prepared investors, downturns in the financial markets can represent great opportunity.

Find out why rebalancing your investment portfolio is less about maximizing returns than managing risk.

Here are the five things you can do to protect and grow your assets in a volatile stock market.

Here’s one way to help boost returns on your investments: Take a closer look at how taxes are impacting your portfolio.