Financial advisors must be vigilant in educating their clients about the risks present in stock and bond markets.

The S&P 500 Index gained less than 0.1 percent over the second-quarter earnings season, the second-worst performance in 4 1/2 years.

The fund gained 6.8 percent on commodities, equities and currencies.

Newcomers are threatening the revenue of S&P, MSCI and FTSE Russell.

The market's four highest performing tech companies have earned their own monicker and our attention.

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There are two primary reasons for the protracted decline in both implied and realized volatility.

Assets under management at the fund have declined 13 percent from their peak last September.