Markets

Recalibrate your portfolio to mitigate the heightened risks in the bond market.

Investors have been scooping up homes to rent or flip. Sound familiar?

The Fed is keeping yields artificially low and shows no signs of changing course.

Expert financial tips on starting a small business.

Stocks in the world's fastest-growing countries are having a rough time. But they're still a good bet for 10% to 15% of your portfolio.

A study finds that market pundits have less than a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

Higher interest rates, continued bipartisan lollygagging and other factors may trip up the current bull market.

Everyone knows the Dow. Not everyone understands it. Here's how it can make you money.

From taxes and credit to saving and money management, you can get lost in the complexity and abundance of financial issues. But by learning some simple ...

Global real estate funds still have room to run.

Superb funds from four of our favorite no-load companies.

There's no sign that Washington gridlock will abate. But the economy and the stock market may do well anyway.

I am not selling my stocks. I expect our leaders to compromise for the good of the country.

SEC member Elisse Walter will take Mary Schapiro's place as top dog, at least through 2013.

If we can avoid heading over the fiscal cliff, stocks will continue their strong rally.

Until and unless our political leaders deal with the scheduled tax increases and spending cuts on the horizon, expect big swings -- most of them down -- in the stock market.

Had you bought into the stock market immediately before Black Monday, you'd still have earned nearly 9% a year along the way.

A new study has found that stocks worldwide have performed better between November and April for centuries.

The discount brokerage industry has come a long way since Charles Schwab launched his business in 1975. Today, many online discounters look more like the ...

A rising market in the months before Election Day is a good sign for the incumbent party.

Stocks have been on a tear this summer. What could go wrong?

Even in this environment, you can harvest attractive income while controlling investment risk.

The bond guru predicts that over the long haul stocks will earn just 1% annualized after inflation. I think he’s flat-out wrong.

It may have dropped in price, but it's still worth owning a bit.

The cloud hanging over bank stocks this year has a silver lining.

Two top bond managers are in surprising agreement about how major events will unfold in the coming months and years.

The U.S. is still the land of opportunity.

The price for making good money in stocks over the long haul is having to endure wild swings over the short term.

Editor Manny Schiffres shares his notes from the annual gathering of investment advisers, fund managers and other investing fanatics.

With economies in many countries under pressure, the U.S. stock market stands alone as the best place to invest.

A top bond manager says the euro zone will (slowly) resolve its problems and offers his ideas for where to invest now.

From the great crash to the flash crash: a timeline of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Facing big challenges and limited resources, the SEC struggles to keep the markets safe for investors.

You don't have to sell right away, but you'll do better with Ginnie Maes and junk bonds with short maturities.

Economist Ian Shepherdson makes a compelling case for why we can expect 300,000-plus new jobs each month by this summer.

Citi's chief U.S. stock strategist predicts a "raging bull" market within the next year or so.

This lame-duck Congress will have big issues to tackle in little time. Feathers are sure to fly.

Outsize three-year mutual fund returns are no longer dragged down by the 2008 stock market crash.

We're raising our forecast for 2012 gains, but there are plenty of risks.

Expect crazy volatility to continue. But if you can hang on, you should be rewarded.

In an interview with Kiplinger editors, Uncle Sam’s top securities cop discusses what her agency is doing -- or would like to do -- about money-market funds, mutual fund fees, high frequency trading and other issues.

Jim Stack thinks the three-year-old market advance will continue for quite some time. Here's why.

High correlation across asset classes is the norm today. But in the long-run, diversification will still be the key to a winning portfolio.

Savers and bond investors will suffer in the coming years as governments keep interest rates artificially low, says Carmen Reinhart, co-author of a well-received book called This Time is Different. Stocks will stay volatile but do better th

My recommendation to balance your risk is to keep some powder dry with cash in your pocket.

Keep an eye on these benchmarks to gauge where the market is headed next.

U.S. stocks should beat bonds and foreign stocks, but intense volatility will continue.

Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.

For the year ahead, we like these large, high-quality companies that pay dividends.

Jeremy Grantham sees deep-seated and long-lasting problems in the developed world. But he likes foreign stocks and high-quality U.S. stocks.