3 Cheap Stocks with Steady Earnings

Safety-minded investors have made a subtle shift in their stock buying habits, which spells opportunity for bargain hunters.One way to gauge the safety of a stock is to measure the smoothness of past price swings ("beta"). Another is to ...

Should You Buy Taxable Muni Bonds?

What do you get when you throw out the chief reason investors buy municipal bonds—their tax-free status?Apparently, a truckload of buyers.This year through Monday, issuers have originated $19.6 billion in taxable municipal bonds, nearly ...

By Jason Zweig; What's Eating Your Munis?

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Easing Into Investing as Money Tightens

After a strong two-day rally in stocks, shares fell hard on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank may being reining in its easy-money policy later this year because of an improving economy.

Stealth Could Be Pimco's Best Insurance

Chasing Goals, Rather Than Benchmarks

Emerging-Market Fund Exodus Grows

Investors continued to pull money out of emerging-market bond and equity funds on increasing concerns about a tapering of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program.

Financier Leon Black Buys $48 Million Raphael Drawing

LONDON—New York financier Leon Black was the mystery buyer of a $47.9 million Raphael drawing auctioned by Sotheby's London last December, according to people familiar with the matter.

South Korea Fuels a New Entrepreneurial Spirit

Saratoga Cuts Indonesia IPO by A Third