Personal Finance

After two decades of our Best on the Street survey, contacts, commitment, contrarianism and conviction stand out as qualities that make for truly great stock analysis.

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What Makes a Great Stock Analyst?

Longtime analyst Deborah Fuhr has advice for individual investors interested in the fastest-growing market for investor assets.

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Talking About ETFs

Fund Fiend: The rapid plunge of a popular leveraged exchange-traded investment in late March raises questions about whether such products have enough regulatory safeguards for individual investors.

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Time to Limit Access to Leveraged Funds?

Spotlight: Templeton Global Bond, unlike many of its peers, invests in bonds of developing countries. Some of the bets that hurt it last year are paying off this year.

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Back at the Top After a Tough 2011

A small group of funds pockets the vast majority of net new cash flowing in from investors.

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The One Percent in the Funds World

After combat stints, service members and families can face financial challenges.

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Tips for Returning Troops

For fund managers, the lesson of recent years is that they can’t ignore macro trends.

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How the Big Picture Affects Stock Picks

Mixing It Up: Affluent families who have more than enough wealth for their lifetimes may want to give away some assets to loved ones before a favorable tax rule expires at year-end, these advisers say.

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Consider Big Gifts to Family This Year

Market conditions are improving in some high-end locales. Here’s a guide.

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Vacation-Home Markets Heat Up

Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely—and regulators are outnumbered. It’s time to put computers on the case.

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Should Robots Replace Financial Regulators?