Image Credit: Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929, photo: Library of Congress By Jason Zweig | Oct. 25, 2019 11:00 am ET One of the best ways to make sure the easy gains of the past 10 years haven’t made you complacent is to look back at the Crash of 1929. Ninety years ago this...
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Image Credit: Alex Nabaum By Jason Zweig | Oct. 18, 2019 10:45 am ET If you think your job is tough, try simplifying financial disclosures. A new Securities and Exchange Commission rule requires brokers and financial advisers to describe their services, fees and conflicts of interest in “plain English” and a maximum of four pages....
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Image Credit: Alex Nabaum By Jason Zweig | Oct. 11, 2019 12:28 pm ET What would Jesus buy? That question is spreading in the investing world, as evangelicals and other Christians seek investment management and financial planning to match their interpretation of biblical principles. The latest sign of the rise of faith-based...
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Image Credit: Alex Nabaum By Jason Zweig | Updated Oct. 4, 2019 4:47 pm ET Freedom isn’t free, and free trades aren’t either. Charles Schwab Corp. shook the brokerage industry this week when it said it will cut commissions to zero on Oct. 7. Schwab’s move, which followed a similar cut by Interactive Brokers Group Inc. and has already been matched by...
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Image Credit: Alex Nabaum By Jason Zweig | Sept. 27, 2019 10:59 am ET Index funds cost next to nothing. That’s still too much. So says a class-action lawsuit filed this month against H-E-B LP, which alleges that the San Antonio-based company has been overpaying for index funds in its employees’ retirement plan. Annual expenses on...
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