At 233 percent, the amount of debt as a share of GDP, excluding the financial sector, is among the highest since data became available in 1947.

It may not be a disadvantage to simply forgo an allocation to larger companies and focus on the right 'hand-picked' small-cap exposure to capture excess market returns

Falling oil prices and a weak ruble will almost certainly push Russian economic growth into negative territory in 2015

Tear. | Aleksandr Frolov/iStock/Thinkstock A new study by TD Ameritrade found that two-thirds of U.S. adults have experienced an event that seriously disrupted their long-term saving and retirement plans, most commonly losing a job, or having to...

A couple of spreads provide clues

Strategic beta ETFs had $402 billion in total assets at year-end 2014

The large suitcases are being dusted off in anticipation of a much more affordable summer vacation in Europe this year. Whereas the avid traveler, knowingly or not, can embrace the policy stance by the European Central Bank (ECB), having resulted...