Christine Benz

Even dedicated DIYers might benefit from a second opinion.

Rather than taking a tactical approach, tailor your fixed-income position to what matters: your spending goals.

Plus, which core building blocks every portfolio should have.

Here is how different asset classes, as well as your spending, will be affected.

The author and adventure sailor on thinking big, changing your life course, and managing the transition into retirement.

Investors love to hate them, but required minimum distributions have a silver lining.

The financial advisor and adjunct professor discusses elevated equity valuations, the limitations of random-walk assumptions, and why bonds are riskier than you might think.

Vanguard’s global chief economist handicaps the odds of recession and higher inflation and discusses how investors can thrive in an era of AI, aging populations, and a rising US deficit.

When the economy slows, one asset class has consistently been safer than the rest.

CEO Salim Ramji on how active bond management at the right price can serve investors well.

Salim Ramji discusses private markets, cryptocurrency, and Vanguard.

Its highly rated digital advice platform offers a wide variety of services for a low minimum investment.

The noted author, consultant, and academic on the virtues of simplicity, the challenges facing active managers, and why he would stay away from investing in private capital.

And how Vanguard is using artificial intelligence to help clients.

The founder of AQR Capital Management discusses alternative strategies, private markets, tariffs, and the role of AI in investing.

If your plan is to self-fund long-term care, do so with tax considerations and asset allocation in mind.

Home-based care is more expensive than it looks.

Assessing the new over-65 deduction and its implications for Social Security taxation, as well as new rules for charitable giving and the SALT deduction.

Beware of ‘faux diversifiers’ and duplicative investments.

Reviewing your year's performance so far, and positioning yourself for the future.