Stocks have risen this year despite uncertainties and outright hostilities in U.S. politics and around the world. But bonds and other markets show signs of...

Disregarding politics has worked brilliantly in the United States for a century. But market history offers comfort only up to a point, our columnist says.

Even with further Fed rate cuts likely, money market funds are a good alternative for stashing cash, and investors are still flocking to them, our...

You may not realize how great the stock market has been. But, our columnist says, it can’t keep rising at this pace for long.

Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear...

The Federal Reserve has at last cut interest rates but our columnist points out a host of concerns that could weigh on financial markets.

One of the hazards of buying individual stocks is that their current price may have little to do with their fundamental value, our columnist says.

While rate cuts are welcome in much of the economy, they pose problems for risk-averse investors who relish high money market and bond yields.

With the political conventions behind us and a rate cut expected soon, the market has been rallying, yet our columnist says it’s safer to play...

You have been able to earn solid returns by parking your money in fairly safe places, our columnist says. But that won’t last much longer.