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In a new video feature called "Ask the Sketch Guy," Carl Richards explains how hard we need to work to stick with an investment strategy when the world seems shaky.

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the last quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond…

Throughout 2012, nervous investors did not have to look hard for reasons to avoid the financial markets. The daily headlines provided abundant gloom to feed their doubts, but investors who…

Although many investors have expressed frustration with stock market fluctuations in recent years, the time required to recover losses from the October 2007 peak appears broadly consistent with past cycles.

Judging by the headlines in the financial press, investors spent much of the past year anxiously awaiting one calamity after another that failed to occur.

Given how easy it is to pull the wool over our own eyes, it can pay to seek independent advice from someone who understands your needs and circumstances and who…

It’s hard to dispute the fact that this has been one of the slowest economic recoveries in our country’s history. There has been no shortage of talk about this topic…

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the last quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond…

Bad news sells. It sells because fear is a more powerful emotion than greed. Newspaper editors know that, which is why the front pages are often so depressing. But sometimes…