INSIGHTS

The Chinese philosopher Confucius once said that life is very simple, but we insist on making it complicated. You could say the same thing about investment.

Capital markets throughout the world have a history of rewarding investors for the capital they supply. Armed with this information, investors can be more confident about the power of the…

Investors have grown weary with the periodic debt showdowns in Washington, each one miraculously resolved at the 11th hour. Some are asking whether they should wait in a safe harbor…

Our Quarterly Market Review features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the last quarter. The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios and a…

Many investors fell for emerging markets in recent years when they delivered sizeable returns. More recently, the associated risk has reasserted itself and the infatuation has faded. What's the right…

For some of us, it’s hard to give up on the idea that investing should be exciting. Picking stocks can be fun, after all, and there’s nothing like getting your…

Markets recently have had a rocky time as investors in aggregate reassess prospects for monetary policy stimulus in the US. Is this something to worry about?