A question that commonly comes my way lately is, “How can I earn a higher return on my cash and CDs?” It’s a dilemma many find themselves in with the current market environment of low interest rates ...

Structured Notes and Buffer funds are sleep-well-at-night products designed to protect investors from market drops. Brokers and nervous investors love them, despite their complexity and fees. Talk to ...

Here is an investment that sounds just too good: Investors get 150% of the upside of the stock market but just 90% of the downside. That is the promise of structured notes issued by companies such as ...

Downside protection in a portfolio is a key need for many clients. Whether simply due to a conservative investor approaching retirement (e.g., 55 – 65+ group) or views that the market may be long in ...

For clients looking to maximize their savings for retirement, structured investments can be a helpful tool. Structured investments, also known as structured notes, are a combination of a bond, which ...

Alternative investments do not correlate with the stock market and can produce gains when the overall market is down. Structured notes are one of the available alternative investments. These ...

Concerned with clients’ peace of mind, advisors naturally make recommendations to accommodate their risk tolerances and assuage their fears. Toward this goal, many advisors suggest popular buffered or ...

Fish and Fowl Today's column is something different. Rather than advance an argument, as this space customarily does, it describes an investment type: structured notes. Normally, I leave investment ...