I'm doing semi-regular updates on these portfolios and their performance. The following article focuses on portfolio and fund performance for 2023. Equities had an outstanding year last year, with the ...

Using a simple equal weight strategy is a little over simplistic, but it also demonstrates how simply this portfolio was able to outperform the S&P 500. The annualized volatility was only 12.1% which ...

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Exchange-traded funds allow investors to quickly and cost-effectively build portfolios that are easy to maintain over an investing lifetime. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF is a "curated" ETF that provides ...

Rebalancing your portfolio is one of the most fundamental yet often overlooked disciplines in long-term investing. That's too bad. Because this vital maintenance task is among the easiest and least ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Learn how using ETFs for diversification can reduce risk and build a balanced portfolio with simple strategies for beginners.

My Retirement Saver portfolios, which are geared toward people who have several—or possibly many—years until retirement, hold anywhere from 50% to 95% in stocks. Thus, it’s little wonder that all of ...