Given the manic mood swings of the past two years, it may be hard to stomach the idea of adding alternative—and sometimes volatile—asset classes to your portfolio, but it may be just the fix you need.

Brian Singer could be one of the most powerful asset managers you've never heard of.

Indicted Texas billionaire Allen Stanford says the federal government has "coordinated an attack" on his constitutional rights. 

Washington blessed them as a way to put your 401(k) on automatic pilot and glide safely toward retirement. But popular target-date mutual funds have badly missed the mark - and now regulators are asking why.

Charl Malan, Senior Metals & Mining Analyst on the Van Eck Global Hard Assets fund which is rated 5-stars by Morningstar and up 24.96% this year, said now is a good time to invest in commodities because of “unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus in the United States, China and Europe.”

The coming transformation of ETFs into mutual funds.

Hedge funds posted their best monthly performance in a decade in May, taking advantage of rallying stock markets and distressed opportunities across the board, according to the latest numbers from the Absolute Return Composite of hedge fund indices.

The investigation into Texas tycoon Allen Stanford and his alleged $8 billion ponzi scheme has broadened, CNBC has learned.

If investors in New York and London are seeing the first delicate signs of a recovery, their counterparts in developing countries say they are witnessing a full-on spring.

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is objecting to a plan being considered by the Obama administration to create a new financial watchdog to protect consumers.

The last boom-to-bust cycle may have scared some away, but the group remains a great way to diversify your holdings.

A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted the Chief Investment Officer of Stanford Financial Group on two felony counts, marking the first criminal indictments in what the Securities and Exchange Commission calls a "massive Ponzi scheme."