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Tax Cuts Now Could Lead to Rising Rates Later. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

The swelling budget deficit makes future tax increases likely, our columnist says, even if taxes are going down now. Hedge your bets with a concept...

Trump’s Movie Tariffs Run the Risk of a Second, More Damaging, Trade War

Hollywood offers a service, and services are what really drive the U.S. economy. President Trump’s proposed tax could set off a second, and more damaging,...

Baffled by the Trump Tariffs, C.E.O.s Lean on the Word ‘Uncertainty’

With little ability to see how far the Trump administration is taking its disruptive policies, corporations and investors face higher risks, our columnist says.

Don’t Count the Dollar Out Just Yet

As President Trump’s tariffs rock the world, German bonds and the euro are benefiting. But U.S. strength endures, our columnist says.

Facing the Trump Tariffs, Markets Are Bracing for an Economic Storm

The markets face a baffling prospect: continual disruptions from the White House with potentially severe consequences.

Long-Term Investing Has Gotten Riskier as Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Markets

President Trump’s policies have shaken the markets. Protect yourself first, and, only then, take advantage of investment bargains, our columnist says.

How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars

By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade...

The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time

With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.

With the Worst U.S. Stock Market In Years, Try Some Old-Fashioned Investments

People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on for the future.

How to Invest in a Time of Stock Market Turmoil and Economic Uncertainty

People with bond and international stock funds have held their own, despite a shaky U.S. stock market and the uncertainty and turmoil flowing from the...