Investment Instruments

Households that dont have emergency savings are more likely to have problems paying their mortgage when they experience financial difficulties.

Total stock and bond mutual fund and ETF assets distributed by independent/regional broker-dealers and registered investment advisors grew twice as fast as those sold by wirehouses in 2012.

TDFs' explosive growth masks the fact that they are still in their infancy, said Rich Weiss of American Century Investments.

Fidelity Investments is ramping up its small presence in the rapidly growing exchange-traded fund business by expanding a 3-year-old partnership with BlackRock Inc.'s iShares unit, the largest ETF provider.

Natixis has released its annual retirement security index, and Americans are lagging Slovakia. Yes. Slovakia.

More small- to mid-size businesses added 401(k) plans in 2012, according to a new report by Fidelity Investments.