Since the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08, when the correlation of all risky assets rose toward 1, investors have been hearing that because of globalization the world has become “flat.”. That led ...

Bitcoin's correlations to equities are running high this year, prompting some investors to ponder the diversification benefits of cryptocurrency and assets such as the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF ...

Learn how conglomerates manage risks, offer diversification, and impact investments. Explore the advantages, disadvantages, ...

Diversification involves spreading your money across a variety of investments and asset classes. A diversified portfolio helps to reduce risk and may lead to a higher return. Investments that move in ...

Most investors building portfolios take it as an article of faith that holding bonds helps diversify their stocks. But which bonds, specifically, provide the biggest diversification benefits? In our ...

Interest rate sensitivity: Lower interest rates typically benefit small-cap companies more than their large-cap counterparts.

During times of global turbulence, like the kind induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, cryptocurrencies may provide much-needed diversification to investment portfolios, according to a paper from ...

When it comes to our well-being, we’re encouraged to establish healthy habits. Always eat breakfast. Stay hydrated. Exercise several times per week. Investing has its own version “healthy habits,” too ...

In his 2005 book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas Friedman noted that the convergence of technology and events allowed India, China and many other countries to ...

Direct indexing’s popularity has soared, with assets invested in direct indexes exceeding $260 billion at the end of 2022. This approach, which involves investing in the individual securities ...