Brian Spinelli, co-chief investment officer at Halbert Hargrove, says in a typical 60% stock/40% fixed-income portfolio, a 5% to 10% weighting in emerging market equities is enough to contribute positively to returns but not weigh on performance in down years. He recommends new investors stick with broadly diversified index funds.

U.S. President Donald Trump's muscular moves in Venezuela and Argentina are adding to a rightward shift across Latin America in a pivotal election year, making foreign cash more likely to flow to the ...

He called American forces the “most fearsome” in the world, boasted that “many” Cuban soldiers were killed, and hailed the raid as “brilliant.”