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BlackRock continues to devour mutual-fund competitors with its suite of popular exchange-traded funds, but profit fell 3% in the first quarter due to the market swoon in late 2018, reducing average asset levels and thus lowering the base for calculating fees.

Maybe millennials are onto something, the FIRE movement explained. Watch the video for an excerpt of TheStreet event Retirement, Taxes & Income Strategies Symposium.

Among other factors, China's recent slowdown should end soon, boosting demand for metals.

I'd lean towards playing a banking ETF here since the patterns are similar between C and one like XLF.

My 'Hopium/Doomium' model has stood the test of time.

Sophisticated income investors can participate in this high-yield market via mREITs, preferreds and funds.

We now have a Goldilocks' market environment.

Gold prices have outperformed in a big way in the last six months. How about the next six months?

It is one of those markets that look very good from the outside but much more difficult to trade once you dig in.

The outcome of the national election that will run through mid-May likely will determine the pace of economic reform in the country.