With greater access to technology equipping yourself with a few apps, real-time news, and data feeds can make you feel like a pro-trader. Does keeping up to date with everything that’s happening around the world give you an edge in investing?

The Bank of America recently declared that the 60/40 portfolio is dead. Yet many similar death reports in the past have proved to be unfounded.

Our tendency to spin stories out of unrelated events leads some of us to believe horoscopes... and financial predictions.

Markets may seem scary right now, but there is no need to panic.

Why doesn't the media run more good news? One view is that bad news sells. The danger comes when the emotions generated by bad news prompt investors to make changes to their portfolios.

Wherever you are in your investing journey, at some point you’ll likely ask yourself some of the questions below. Listening to friends, family or the financial media is not the best way to get the right answers.

Just about every investor acknowledges the risk when investing in the market, but whenever bouts of volatility hit and headlines scream blood in the markets, logic flies out of the window and their flight or fight mode kicks in.