Investing Insights (Video)

In this week’s podcast, Christine Benz picks three bond-fund favorites for New Year’s rebalancing, Alec Lucas reviews Vanguard’s evolution in 2019, Charles Gross forecasts a favorable outlook for the housing market, Christine Benz highlights items that should be on investors’ radars in 2020, and Travis Miller sheds light on why renewable energy will be one of the biggest growth drivers in utilities sector.

In this week’s podcast, opportunities for dividend-focused investors in the integrated oil group; the many moving parts of Medicare; generating cash flows from your portfolio; our picks around electric vehicles; and Russ Kinnel's Favorite Balanced Funds.

In this week’s podcast, Russ Kinnel explains the reasons why we lower a fund’s analyst rating, equity analyst Damien Conover highlights two pharmaceutical stocks’ dividend opportunities, Christine Benz invites T. Rowe Price's Judith Ward to discuss how to plan for market downturns after retirement, analyst David Kathman picks five great real estate funds to diversify your portfolio, equity analyst Eric Compton shares why Wells Fargo might be worth another look, and Christine Benz provides insights on how retirees can better plan for taxes in the 4th-quarter.

In this week’s podcast, Andrew Bischof forecasts high dividend-growth potential for select utility stocks, Josh Charlson discusses great ways to use target-date strategies in your own portfolio, Gregg Wolper explains differences and similarities between investing in foreign versus US stock funds, Dan Sotiroff provides insight on foreign stocks’ tax treatment, Dan Kemp talks inverted bond yield curves and whether a recession is in the cards, and the Ultimate Stock-Pickers team provides stock picks in industrials, energy, and technology.

In this week’s podcast, Brian Colello picks out three stand-out tech stocks for dividend seekers, Christine Benz discusses which types of bond funds make sense for most investors, Russ Kinnel points out factors to watch for with capital gains distribution, Neil Macker highlights opportunities in the fast-growing video game space, and Alex Bryan shares two winning low-volatility funds for volatile markets.