Pop the champagne! For the first time in 2016, all 8 asset classes we track are positive on the year, with the most surprising leader: commodities.

Kamakura Corporation reported Monday that the Kamakura troubled company index ended April at 11.11%, an increase of 0.09% from end of March. The index reflects the percentage of the Kamakura 36,000 public firm universe that has a default probability over 1.00%.

Can cold showers, winter plunges, and brisk walks in the chilly outdoors provide some of the same benefits as intense exercise—including weight loss and increased energy levels?  Such a link has been suspected, because cold exposure is known to convert metabolically docile white adipose tissue

This is the monthly edition of how I am investing my retirement funds in my pension plan.

The ISM manufacturing index came in at 50.8 which is 0.6 points lower than expected and 1 point lower than the previous month. In a recent article I pointed out that the ISM index would weaken because regional PMIs had come down quite a bit.

Small-cap value is an investment strategy that, over long periods, has delivered prolific results. But that doesn’t mean that it always outperforms. Every investment strategy can and does succumb to periods of underperformance.

Over the last 3 years, a combination of the global commodity downturn and growing demand for agricultural products have led investors to take a closer look at agribusiness (the business around agriculture).

I want to own index funds. I really do. I yearn for the day when I can pour my cash reserve into index funds with conviction and not feel that I have to cross-examine dozens of facts about things I own on almost a daily basis.

Dr. James is a leading ophthalmologist at a major medical clinic. Passionate about medicine, he wanted to hire someone to run the business operations of his practice.

The old standard for assessing the performance of an investor is comparing their portfolio to the S&P 500. Some investors simply want to measure the returns and figure the portfolio with a greater total return is the winner.