Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about incisive investing advice. Retirement becomes a hot topic for Gen X-ers as they enter their 50s. We discuss how to ...

Tim Sanderson puts the traditional asset allocation approach head to head with the bucket strategy, with some surprising results. When advising a client to commence an account based pension, many ...

By allocating investment across assets with varying risk and returns, the effect of market volatility is reduced over long ...

Asset allocation is a very important part of creating and balancing your investment portfolio. After all, it is one of the ...

Asset allocation is the composition of your investment portfolio across different asset types and classes, such as stocks and bonds. Stocks and bonds are two headlining ingredients in a successful ...

UK pension schemes are not the most active of asset allocators. While some institutional investors are constantly adjusting their asset allocations in the hope of improving performance or reducing ...

When planning for retirement, most investors concentrate on what to invest in—stocks, bonds, cash, and other assets. But an equally important, and often overlooked, decision is asset location—which ...

Due to endowments and foundations aggressive return objectives, they often are significantly exposed to equity market volatility. Endowments and foundations (E&Fs) may wish to mitigate portfolio ...

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 ...

Stocks are expected to return to last year's lows due to the decline in long-term bond prices and record high, long-term interest rates. Our new investment allocation is 50% stocks, 10% GLD, 25% Zero ...

Take a Financial Advisor Quiz. Asset allocation is the measure of how the investments in your portfolio are divided among different asset types and classes. The idea is to spread your investments ...