The lure of successful trading strategies is seductive, and looking at your portfolio shrink in value during a market downturn can be painful. But many times investors seeking to circumvent the pain or trying to get a leg up in their investments by temporarily shifting away from their long-term strategy will end up trading one source of anguish for another.

With all the bad news and economic upheaval, is now a good time to enter the market? What’s the best way to do so?

As we head into 2020, it helps to look at financial forecasts with the hindsight gained from 2019.

Past investment performance can look very different, depending on the perspective you take.

There will never be a perfect time to invest. But the longer you wait, the more it will cost you.

In volatile markets, whether investors end up making or losing money depends less on what the market is doing and more on how they react.

The smartest investors aren't the busiest ones, but the ones who understand that all that effort can do more harm than good.

Like children, markets can be temperamental and change without warning.

Stock picking is looking for a needle in a haystack. Diversification is buying the whole haystack.

Retirement planning is filled with uncertainties, but there are things you can do to reduce them.

One of the more important plans that parents will need to make in their lifetime is on how best to prepare for their children’s future university expenses. What are some things to keep in mind?