Include fixed-income assets like bonds to lower volatility and reduce risk in your portfolio. Add real estate through REITs to potentially increase returns and further reduce portfolio volatility.

Ask everyday investors what it means to craft a diversified portfolio and you'll likely get a mixed bag of, well, diverse responses. Conversations about diversification often get lost in translation.

Rebalancing offsets natural shifts in asset values to maintain risk levels. Determining your ideal portfolio mix initially is key to effective rebalancing later. Frequent portfolio reviews ensure ...

TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) will retain its existing portfolio composition, an equal split between domestic stocks and bonds, and foreign stocks ...