Personal Finance

One of the best ways you can protect your investment portfolio is to monitor your holdings and activity. You should make it a habit to review online or paper account statements and trade confirmations on a regular basis.

Increasingly, many investors have been choosing to put money where their values are—into a growing array of products that fall broadly into the category of environmental, social and governance investing, often called ESG investing for short. If you're thinking about investing in ESG products, here are some tips to keep in mind and traps to avoid.

If you want to stay out of the red on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and beyond, start by looking in the mirror. Many items purchased during these sales are non-gift items for yourself or your home.

Do you spend a lot of time on social media sites or looking for great online deals? If so, then you wear a bullseye when it comes to scammers hunting for money, according to groundbreaking fraud research from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust and the Stanford Center on Longevity.

Here's some good news for our nation's veterans and those who care about their welfare. The financial well-being of U.S. military veterans has improved in recent years, outpacing the gains of non-veterans, according to new research by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Veterans, overall, reported having less difficulty covering their expenses and bills, had a lower likelihood of experiencing an income drop and were more likely to have an emergency fund, according to the survey of more than 3,000 veterans and more than 20,000 non-veterans.

While we all hope our marriages will be successful, sometimes life just doesn’t go as planned. Consider these 6 important tips about divorce and your investments.

October 1-7, 2019 is World Investor Week, a global campaign to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection. U.S. securities regulators offer these key messages for Main Street investors.

With a cash account, the most important thing to know is that you must pay the full amount for securities purchased in that account by the settlement date. For most securities, this means paying for them two days after you place an order to buy.

Perhaps you spoke with an investment professional about an existing variable annuity you own, and the possibility of exchanging your current VA with a new one came up. Be aware that replacing one VA with another involves a comparison of the complex features of each security.

A major hurricane is bearing down on the East Coast, and others likely will follow. As millions scramble to prepare for this latest natural disaster, it pays to assemble a financial emergency kit now.