Scored a Big Bonus? Here’s How to Invest It Now

Tech stocks and foreign markets are catching the eye of financial analysts.
You’ve put in the hours to earn that bonus. Now what?Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg
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I’m going to let you in on a little secret about the high performers landing big bonuses this season. Most of the year, they’re so busy working that they don’t have time to think about how they might perfect their personal portfolios.

So this week, I called on two investment strategists and two financial advisers to ask what they’d recommend to someone with a lump sum landing in their bank account this week. I told them to assume the hard-working recipient had all the financial basics covered, but was feeling behind on investing.