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Managed volatility VAs update
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPManaged volatility can help reduce the impact of equity market downturns, which can reduce the urge to sell stocks at the wrong time.
August 25, 2015
A New Online Platform to Limit Investment LossesVest Financial Group now offers investors and advisors a way to hedge downside risks of individual stocks and ETFs via an online platform.
August 24, 2015
El-Erian: This Sell-Off Might Be DifferentIt's uncertain, El-Erian writes, whether longer-term stability can be restored with the policy tools that were available in the past.
August 24, 2015
Advisors Urge Investors: Don’t PanicTheir advice to clients as markets plunged: Dont panic, review your portfolio and if your stomach can handle it consider buying more stocks.
August 24, 2015
Financial Stocks Under PressureSome broker-dealers and related shares fell more than the market on Monday in volatile trading.
August 24, 2015
Hour of panic as GE plunged 21 percent and markets flirted with abyssThe list of big-name companies affected included XL and UnitedHealth.
August 24, 2015
Junk Bond Market: ‘I See Dead Companies’With apologies to Cole Sear of "The Sixth Sense," high-yield bonds are showing some very troublesome signs, as are corporate credit spreads.
August 21, 2015
Top Portfolio Products: New ETFs from Van Eck, Compass EMP and DirexionPortfolio products launched this week include leveraged long and short ETFs based on homebuilding and regional bank sectors, and an active share measure.