When most investors begin planning for a steady income stream in retirement, they tend to gravitate towards fixed-income as a predominant asset class.

Dividend ETFs make great tools for income and capital appreciation, but they may not save you from the next downturn in stocks.

The Large Cap Value style ranks second out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 49 ETFs and 854 mutual funds in the Large Cap Value style.

All of those Apple (AAPL) alarmists are eating crow for breakfast. They chastised Tim Cook for months. They declared the death of the tech manufacturing giant at every opportunity. And today, the Cupertino-based multinational is asking those same naysayers, “How do you like me now?