Generous Bond Yields Prove There Is an Alternative to Stocks

Return with us to ancient times, when dinosaurs ruled, at least in technology terms. It was early 2007, when Blackberries were in everybody’s mitts and the first iPhone hadn’t yet gone on sale, let al...

10 simple investments that can turn your portfolio into an income dynamo

Many people are good at saving up money for retirement. They manage expenses and build up their nest eggs steadily. But when it comes time to begin drawing income from an investment portfolio, they mi...

Bond Yields Are Finally Looking Attractive. What to Buy Now.

It has taken a historic selloff, but the bond rout may finally be winding down. Yields are also looking plump enough to be attractive again. A two-year Treasury now gets you 4.1%, a yield not seen sin...

Bonds Are in a Bear Market. How to Play What Happens Next.

Text size A shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped ratchet up bond yields, hitting prices. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Red-hot inflation and rising interest rates have hammered the globa...

Stock Market Slides as Recession, Fed Fears Grow. Here’s What’s Really Happening.

Investors don’t need to watch The Shining to get a fright fix. Growth scares will do just fine. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% this past week, and concerns about a possible slowdown, or growth scare, have ...

Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.

Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...

What to expect from markets in the next six weeks, before the Federal Reserve revamps its easy-money stance

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fired a warning shot across Wall Street last week, telling investors the time has come for financial markets to stand on their own feet, while he works to tame i...

What ETFs are retail investors loading up amid stock market volatility? Here’s what some are doing (and aren’t).

Hello there! Got volatility? We bet you do as the Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that interest rate increases in 2022 are its main priority. There is nothing new there, as investors had expecte...

‘We absolutely believe Ether’ surpassing bitcoin’s total market value ‘can happen this year,’ says ETF expert: ‘The bull case is an Etherum ETF in 2022’

Hello there! The Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ is up over 2% so far this week. That is not where many investors would have bet that the popular exchange-traded fund would be trading now based on the wild acti...