Perspectives

Several big retailers reported their quarterly earnings last week with dramatically different results. Why did some do better than others? Equity analyst Sarah Kanwal spoke with Barron’s on this [...]

The S&P 500 was up nearly 11% in the first quarter of 2013 even while the looming sequestration threatened to shave up to 0.5% off GDP, North Korea threatened war, the situation in Cyprus [...]

Stock markets across the globe fell sharply during the first few weeks of 2016. After years of strong stock market performance, downturns like these remind investors of the importance of [...]

Recent headlines from overseas have been grim: Debt-wracked Greece is struggling to avoid economic collapse, while slowing growth and rampant speculation has triggered a plunge in China’s stock [...]

Many believe that we’re living in an environment of perpetually slower economic growth and potentially lower investment returns. Due to a variety of factors, investment returns may be below what [...]

The S&P 500 was up nearly 11% in the first quarter of 2013 even while the looming sequestration threatened to shave up to 0.5% off GDP, North Korea threatened war, the situation in Cyprus [...]

Investors are no doubt weary of hearing about all of the geo-political and economic risks in the world. The last five years have been exhausting, filled with unprecedented volatility, global [...]

Investors have reason to be enthusiastic in 2012 as stock markets around the world have delivered strong gains to start the year. During the first quarter, the DJIA was up 8.1%, the S&P 500 [...]

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