It’s not the kind of anniversary most of us will celebrate with bubbly. In fact, plenty of investors have spent the better part of a year trying to forget the series of events last fall that nearly brought the financial system to its knees and wrecked portfolios everywhere.
Even with the economic outlook improving, wary investors are still parking more than $3.6 trillion in cash on the sidelines. In this five-part series, we offer tips for making that money productive again.
Even as stocks come crawling back from the abyss, big name money managers are still going to have a hard time regaining investors’ trust – even if they deserve it
The shock of the crash may have worn off, but that doesn’t mean investors have forgiven their brokers. On the contrary, complaints against brokers are up 85 percent this year.
Identity-fraud rates are at their highest level in five years. But while most people imagine that sophisticated hackers pose the biggest threat to ID security, the majority of data breaches are accidental.
Never underestimate the little guy. Investors often dump shares of small companies at the first signs of trouble: They’re perceived as riskier than behemoths like Wal-Mart or IBM.
