It's been one year since the market hit bottom. Here's what investors can learn from that experience.
REIT shares are flying high, but eventually they’ll run out of fuel. Will it be a crash landing?
You can't time the market, but you should know what might cause share prices to fall again.
He spent days sitting through free seminars to become a super trader. Lesson number one: It’ll cost you.
Investment strategist Ed Yardeni identifies several events that could radically change our financial lives.
The most useful price-earnings ratio.
What it means for travelers, consumers and investors.
Big milestones turn into stumbling blocks for the Dow.
It's worth what reviewing what rising prices might mean for stock investors.
They're cheaper than U.S. stocks and safer than emerging markets stocks.
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Protect your portfolio, your pocketbook and your conscience.
There is absolutely no reason to be pessimistic about either the U.S. or the world economy.
John Cassidy takes readers on a tour of economic theory over the past 250 years, examining the irrational behavior of economists themselves.
Shortly after Thanksgiving last year, we created a Tofurky portfolio that managed to produce some tasty returns.
A fund’s volatility is a terrific predictor of how it will perform in a bear market.
From increasing your cash holdings to buying options, we show you how to guard against a correction -- or worse.
Outsmart your emotions, cut your fees, keep it simple -- and reap higher returns.
A lot has changed since the recession, including the roles stocks and bonds play in investors' portfolios.
You can't unwind the biggest asset bubble in history overnight—or even in a year.
Things aren’t all bad. The markets rebounded, consumer-electronic prices are plummeting, foods are getting healthier and fewer people are dying on our roads. What’s on your list?
Find shelter in a fund that invests heavily in foreign bonds, such as Loomis Sayles Bond. Steer clear of most other “safe havens.”
Sold as a diversification tool, they failed badly last year -- and will fail to protect you again if the market turns south.
Bad news sometimes makes a stock untouchable -- sometimes it creates opportunities.
Foreign stocks provide a world of opportunities for income.
We rate all 30 stocks -- buy, sell or hold.
These seven companies flourished in hard times and will thrive as things get better.
We learned the hard way that few companies' earnings are immune to a terrible economy.
Investors know that previous recessions have never held down the U.S. economy for long.
Add international flavor to your portfolio with fast-growing foreign stocks.
If you've been on the sidelines, it's time to buy stocks. Here's why.
Your retirement portfolio should hold shares of companies in this rapidly growing economy.
We asked five leading value managers. Three say yes. Two say stocks are fairly valued.
These big, reliable technology companies will be top beneficiaries as businesses worldwide retool to cope with the tough economy.
Shares of these ten companies have risen from the grave this year but not all are worth buying.
Despite the market's rebound and the recession's likely end, dangers still lurk for stocks.
Market observation -- not market timing -- helps the manager of a top-performing fund.
Four ways to fiddle without making all-or-nothing bets.