David Rodeck specializes in making insurance, investing, and financial planning understandable for readers. He has written for publications like AARP and Forbes Advisor, as well as major corporations ...

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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 ...

Structured notes are hybrid instruments that combine a bond component with an embedded derivative component, offering unique risk management and portfolio construction options. Structured notes are ...

It's not easy being a financial advisor these days, with fixed income portfolios yielding so little in this era of low interest rates. Shortly after the financial crisis began, when interest rates ...

Are Structured Notes the Right Investment for You? Are you considering investing in structured notes but aren’t sure where to start? The latest episode of the WealthBT should be on your must-listen ...

Steve Skancke is chief investment strategist at Keel Point LLC in Vienna, Va. Voices is an occasional feature of edited excerpts in which wealth managers address issues of interest to the advisory ...

Are you seeking high yields but worried about the risks of BDCs and REITs? You aren’t alone. Andrew Ross Sorkin recently published an article in the New York Times’ Deal book discussing a popular Reit ...

Global structured note issuance rose 53% last year, partly driven by investors seeking customized exposure to environmental, social and governance plays. Among popular ESG investments are notes that ...

It's like taking candy from a baby, with sweet words like "guaranteed," "protected" and "secure." Starved for interest income, individuals are ready to devour just about anything their broker or ...

DBS clients traded over US$1 billion of crypto options and structured notes in 1H2025, with trade volumes growing almost 60% q-o-q between 1Q2025 and 2Q2025. DBS Bank has announced it will tokenise ...