Asset Allocation

Retirees have less wiggle room to weather volatility than younger investors, and it’s important to make sure your portfolio can withstand the stock market bumps.

Recent market turmoil led by an artificial-intelligence selloff seems like the perfect opportunity for lagging, less risky areas of the market to shine. Not all seem up to the task. 

Some investors are playing catch-up by investing in highly volatile stocks.

The simplest way to get overseas exposure is to buy an all-in-one global balanced fund that makes the allocation decisions for you.

Gold’s recent correction isn’t the start of a bear market for the yellow metal. Bulls point to more upside ahead.

In aggregate, equity fund managers hold about 3.8% of their portfolios in cash, down from almost 5% early this year, according to Bank of America.

Slow-and-steady funds with a traditional 60% stocks/40% bonds mix are getting renewed attention for their recent outperformance. How to buy in.

If investors are overly optimistic about AI, the S&P 500 could suffer. It’s time to diversify into value, small-caps, and international stocks.

Academics with a track record of tapping auction sales for trends have created a method to assess an artist’s investment potential.

The fund’s 11.9% gain bolstered the university amid months of funding pressures by the federal government.

Even poor performance of private investments don’t deter wealthy families, given long-term prospects for higher returns, a study finds.

The head of investor research at the fund giant outlines how early market experiences can shape investors’ risk tolerance.

Natural asset companies’ revenue comes from licensing ecological attributes, such as carbon or biodiversity credits.

It is time to take out insurance against a stock market correction, Arun Sai and Gertjan Van Geer write in a guest commentary.

Discussions about making alternative investments available to the little guy often don’t mention the risks that mom-and-pop investors could face.

Asset managers reported rising revenue and stubbornly sticky profit margins in 2024, but their business looks likely to change in the year ahead as alternative investing goes mainstream.

International stocks are beating U.S. ones handily in 2025.

The Fed’s expected rate cuts will squeeze yields on cash while borrowers may get a break on loans. How to make the most of it.

As the Fed eases up, it could pay to own a mix of defensive and cyclical stocks, and non-U. S. bonds.

Some family offices are picking direct investments that will drive returns, according to a survey. Even within private-equity funds, families tend to prefer riskier categories.

Sara Naison-Tarajano wears numerous hats at Goldman Sachs, where she works with many of the richest families in the world.

A new report by Goldman Sachs shows that wealthy families are constant when it comes to channeling their assets—including in public stocks and private equity.

Investment returns for private and community foundations have been powered primarily by the performance of private markets and public U.S. stocks.

The Trump administration is taking the handcuffs off the private-market industry. The outcome for retirement savers will be complicated.

Only two of the seven companies are outperforming their weight in the S&P 500, Allan Sloan writes in a guest commentary.