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Investing Ideas

The latest on stocks, bonds and funds, plus strategies to help manage your portfolio.

Mutual Funds & ETFs

  • Why to buy emerging-market bonds

    The outlook for emerging market stocks may be difficult, but the bonds are a different story. Emerging market bond funds offer decent yields, and the income is generally secure. Here are three funds to consider.

  • The case for investing in Japan

    Stocks are down so far this year, but Japan may be an opportunity for those who aren't focused on short-term gains.

  • How to hedge against a decline in the dollar

    Want to safeguard your investments against a fall in the dollar? It's not easy. But if you're worried about the dollar's decline, here are three strategies you can use to soften the blow. One of them may surprise you.

  • 7 ETFs and stocks with less risk

    In a volatile market, it may pay to invest in high-quality businesses with lower stock market risk. For long-term investors, these seven stocks and ETFs could prove to be good holdings.

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Stocks

  • Insiders getting bearish

    Corporate insiders are just as pessimistic now as they were before the 2008 market meltdown. Though their bearish outlook doesn't necessarily spell an immediate end to the bull market, it's not good news.

  • 6 small banks with big dividends

    These community and regional banks have raised their payouts regularly over the past five years.

  • Now, it's the Wilshire 3,666

    The number of public companies is plumbing new lows, even as prices brave new highs. Why has the universe of U.S. stocks shriveled so, and is the tide starting to turn?

  • Gold mining stocks regain their shine

    Less than two months into the year, gold mining stocks have recouped more than a third of what they lost last year, and the rally may still have a lot more room to run. Here's why gold miners may be regaining some of their lost luster.

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Bonds

  • Why to buy emerging-market bonds

    The outlook for emerging market stocks may be difficult, but the bonds are a different story. Emerging market bond funds offer decent yields, and the income is generally secure. Here are three funds to consider.

  • How to hedge against a decline in the dollar

    Want to safeguard your investments against a fall in the dollar? It's not easy. But if you're worried about the dollar's decline, here are three strategies you can use to soften the blow. One of them may surprise you.

  • Should you invest your emergency savings?

    For years we've been told to stash cash in reserve for emergencies. Now, with interest rates still low, that common investing rule-of-thumb is being challenged.

  • Bonds acting like bonds again

    Bond prices have surged so far this year, defying conventional expectations. Shunned last year, some longer-dated issues, especially municipal bonds, are finding favor. Here’s why.

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Investing Strategies

  • Contrarian play: Invest in unloved firms

    Investors may want to look past the stock market's sweethearts in favor of despised companies with good potential. Here's why.

  • How to hedge against a decline in the dollar

    Want to safeguard your investments against a fall in the dollar? It's not easy. But if you're worried about the dollar's decline, here are three strategies you can use to soften the blow. One of them may surprise you.

  • A global, all-weather portfolio

    U.S. investors need exposure to the wider world's stock markets. Here's why – and the best way to get it.

  • Funds that thrive when stocks sink

    Stock-wary investors have turned to alternative funds, but some have proved disappointing. So should you avoid them altogether? Not necessarily. But you do need to shop carefully.

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