While Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has beaten down the U.S. stock market, it has helped the bond market. Because the European bond market is in such poor shape, U.S. bonds…
Bad News Boosts the Market
In the strange world of investment management, bad news is often good news. That was the case last week, as the S&P 500 gained a hefty 3.7%, more than reversing…
Housing Market Needs Rehab
It wasn’t long ago that housing seemed like the best possible investment. Housing prices just kept going up, up, up. Now 2011 is on track to become the sixth consecutive…
Pick One: High Risk or Low Returns
Here’s your choice: Take on lots of risk and hope for the best or watch your standard of living erode. The stock market has been soaring, thanks to the Federal…