Author: Julia Bell
Floating rate bond funds were meant to be a short-term rate hedge. With cuts stalling, they have quietly become a durable income position for many portfolios.
Closed-end fund discounts are widening fast as retail investors sell below NAV. The assets haven’t collapsed – the fear has. Here’s what that gap means for patient buyers.
Financial advisors are adding real assets funds to client portfolios as inflation protection, moving beyond traditional fixed income toward infrastructure, farmland, and commodities.
Series I Bond demand has cooled as inflation expectations soften and composite rates fall. Here’s what that means for current holders and potential buyers weighing their options.
DIY retirees are building bond ladders on their own, using brokerage tools to create predictable income streams without advisors or bond funds.
Liquid alternative funds bring hedge fund strategies to retail investors with daily liquidity and low minimums – but the trade-offs deserve a closer look.
Defined outcome ETFs offer preset downside buffers and upside caps, filling the gap between volatile stocks and unreliable bonds for risk-conscious investors.
Target-date funds promised simplicity, but retirees are finding their glide paths locked them out of market recoveries. Here’s why the autopilot approach has limits.
Senior Living REITs benefit from aging boomer demographics, constrained supply, and rising private-pay revenue – making them a long-runway income play for patient investors.
Buffer ETFs offer capped losses and capped gains – a trade-off that retirement-age investors are increasingly willing to make as sequence-of-returns risk becomes their primary concern.