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Outlook for growth stocks debated
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 12, 2019
Outlook for growth stocks debated

Goldman and Morgan Stanley spar over whether investors should focus on above-average performers given the anemic economy.

Morgan Stanley says market is overpricing Goldilocks scenario
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 12, 2019
Morgan Stanley says market is overpricing Goldilocks scenario

Strategists warn against being too dismissive of changes for stronger- or weaker-than-expected growth.

Risk-averse investors push advisers to their creative limits
INVESTING RIAS MAR 06, 2019
Risk-averse investors push advisers to their creative limits

Financial advisers get creative to keep their conservative clients from losing ground to inflation.

Scrutiny of stock buybacks intensifies as Democrat threatens bill
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 06, 2019
Scrutiny of stock buybacks intensifies as Democrat threatens bill

Maryland senator wants the SEC to make it harder for corporate executives to sell shares right after buyback announcements.

JPMorgan's $50 billion fund is cutting equities on dovish Fed
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 26, 2019
JPMorgan's $50 billion fund is cutting equities on dovish Fed

Global Income Fund's manager sees junk bonds as a safer way to play the Fed-induced rally.

Financial advisers head to cash as stocks move up
INVESTING RIAS FEB 14, 2019
Financial advisers head to cash as stocks move up

Bigger cash weightings reveal a preference for safety over returns as the bull market ages

U.S. stocks surge in best rally since March 2009
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 26, 2018
U.S. stocks surge in best rally since March 2009

U.S. stocks staged one of the biggest rallies of the 9 1/2 year bull market after coming within points of seeing it end, with major indexes surging at least 4.9%.

Here are three crazy market statistics on a wild day of trading
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 26, 2018
Here are three crazy market statistics on a wild day of trading

To say that U.S. stocks trading has been odd this week seems like an understatement.

Stocks hit 19-month low as D.C. turmoil weighs
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 24, 2018
Stocks hit 19-month low as D.C. turmoil weighs

U.S. stocks fell to the lowest since May 2017 as the turmoil in Washington kept investors on edge after the worst week for American equities in almost a decade.

Investors pour record cash into value ETF
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 19, 2018
Investors pour record cash into value ETF

Amid the stock market sell-off, strategists have encouraged investors to pick value rather than growth

Investors flee biggest financials ETF at fastest pace since 2008
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 19, 2018
Investors flee biggest financials ETF at fastest pace since 2008

The $24 billion Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund saw $1.8 billion of outflows last week

Financial advisers put market volatility in perspective for clients
INVESTING RIAS DEC 19, 2018
Financial advisers put market volatility in perspective for clients

Absence of Santa Claus rally triggers talk of bear markets and recession.

Nothing is working for bulls as stocks sell off
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 18, 2018
Nothing is working for bulls as stocks sell off

Equity pain is now landing with more force in the U.S. than overseas, with the Russell 2000 index of small caps now in a bear market.

Fed hikes are rare when stocks are this battered
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 18, 2018
Fed hikes are rare when stocks are this battered

Investors will be watching the Fed's commentary Wednesday to see what policymakers have to say about the market volatility

Meltdown leaves small-cap stocks facing tough road to turnaround
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 14, 2018
Meltdown leaves small-cap stocks facing tough road to turnaround

Small firms face headwinds ranging from higher rates to the trade war.

With stock market in a correction, is a recession just ahead?
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 14, 2018
With stock market in a correction, is a recession just ahead?

Some say the market is overreacting to bad news — but what if it's not?

Latest stock rout reignites the debate between bulls and bears
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 07, 2018
Latest stock rout reignites the debate between bulls and bears

Earnings, economic growth, Fed policy, trade policy and corporate credit are all in the mix as investors try to figure out which way stocks are heading.

Alternative strategies prove their worth as stocks turn bearish
INVESTING RIAS DEC 07, 2018
Alternative strategies prove their worth as stocks turn bearish

Long out of favor, liquid alt funds shine as noncorrelated portfolio ballast.

Bonds are pulling portfolios into negative territory, not stocks
INVESTING RIAS DEC 05, 2018
Bonds are pulling portfolios into negative territory, not stocks

Diversification is making it harder than usual to keep up with the S&P 500.

Dow plunges nearly 800 points: Here are nine reasons why
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 04, 2018
Dow plunges nearly 800 points: Here are nine reasons why

The rout had no shortage of explanations among Wall Street traders.