If a fund has a gain in a security and then sells that security, it must distribute those capital gains to shareholders on record within its fiscal year. Even if you reinvest that distribution back ...

A reader need go no further than page two of Leland Wilkinson’s The Grammar of Graphics before reading, “We will also come to realize why a histogram is not a bar chart and why many other graphics ...

While the accounting terminology differs from REITs, many of the same pitfalls arise when evaluating MLP payout ratios using standard net income figures. In today's article, we’ll use Enterprise ...

This article is part of a series; click here to read Part 1. Retirement spending goals are often expressed in terms of inflation-adjusted spending numbers. This is what the 4 percent rule-of-thumb ...