Latest articles by Tom Petruno
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Cut Your Investing Risk at Every Age
Financial Planning Take action now to preserve your gains.
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How to Rebalance Your Portfolio
Financial Planning A risk of this long-running bull market: You may have more money in stocks than you should.
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Timely Strategies to Protect Your Portfolio
investing Now is the time to dial back on risk and protect your bull market gains.
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35 Ways to Earn up to 11% on Your Money
investing Since the Great Recession, many investors' portfolios have been a tale of feast and famine.
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3 Ways to Earn 5% to 9% from Closed-End Funds
investing The trick to these investments is to buy in when they trade below the underlying net asset value of their holdings.
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4 Great Mutual Funds to Earn 3% to 6% in High-Yield Bonds
investing A sense that the economic good times can't run on forever has pushed up yields.
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3 Mutual Funds to Earn 3% to 5% in Foreign Bonds
Foreign Stocks & Emerging Markets With slow growth in Japan and Western Europe keeping rates there low, U.S. investors will need to look to emerging markets for real yield.
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7 Ways to Earn 4% to 6% from Dividend-Paying Stocks
investing Exchange-traded funds that own preferred stocks and steady-Eddie telecoms and utilities can provide safe and reliable payouts.
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3 Ways to Earn 1%-2% in Short-Term Accounts
Making Your Money Last As the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates, your cash is getting a better return. But inflation is still nibbling away.
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5 Ways to Earn 4% to 9% from Real-Estate Investment Trusts
investing Real estate investment trusts had a great run. They're discounted now, and still hold promise.
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4 Great Mutual Funds to Earn 3% to 4% in Investment-Grade Bonds
investing We've found low-cost funds that give you a wide range of these low-risk investments.
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3 Great Mutual Funds to Earn 2% - 3% in Municipal Bonds
investing If you make a lot of money and live in a high-tax state, municipal bonds can be magic.
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5 Stocks to Sell for 2018
stocks Recommending stocks to sell in a hot market is begging to be humbled.
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8 Bargain Dividend Stocks in a Pricey Market
investing Value-oriented investors have faced slim pickings in the U.S.
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8 Cheap Stocks for a Pricey Market
investing In a market obsessed with sexy, fast-growing technology companies, a better long-term strategy may be to look for wallflowers.
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5 Best Stocks for Investing in Cancer Treatments
stocks These firms are in the forefront of the cancer wars, and their stocks should deliver healthy gains.
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7 Great 'America First' Stocks to Own Under Trump
investing Since President Donald Trump’s surprise victory in November, Wall Street has been scrambling to identify businesses that have the most to gain under the new administration.
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8 Best Dividend Stocks in the Russell 2000 Index
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8 Stocks to Benefit from Rising Interest Rates
interest rates Donald Trump's election as president has fueled a powerful stock-market rally rooted in expectations of faster economic growth in 2017.
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Good Dividend-Paying Tech Stocks Selling at Good Prices
investing Shares of these technology companies offer income investors yield at a reasonable price, or YARP for short.
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8 Good Dividend Stocks Trading at Bargain Prices
investing In a high-flying stock market, some nervous investors are looking for insurance.
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8 Great Stocks From Around the World
Foreign Stocks & Emerging Markets A popular, though risky, stock-picking strategy is to chase companies that aim to be great.
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8 Foreign Stocks Paying Big Dividends
Foreign Stocks & Emerging Markets For many well-known U.S.
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7 Good Stocks That Hold Hidden Value
investing In the stock market, value often is in the eye of the beholder.
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