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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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.

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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.

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Saratoga Cuts Indonesia IPO by A Third

An Indonesian private-equity fund cut the size of its initial public offering by around a third to $151 million, falling victim to the outflows of funds from emerging markets that has beset the region in the past month.

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