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 ...

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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.

New Century REIT IPO to Raise up to $254 Million; The Hong Kong Initial Public Offering Is Being Launched at an Uncertain Time

New Century Real Estate Investment Trust has started taking orders from institutional investors for its initial public offering in Hong Kong that will raise as much as US$254 million, according to a term sheet seen by The Wall Street ...

New Century REIT IPO to Raise up to $254 Million; The Hong Kong Initial Public Offering Is Being Launched at an Uncertain Time

New Century Real Estate Investment Trust has started taking orders from institutional investors for its initial public offering in Hong Kong that will raise as much as US$254 million, according to a term sheet seen by The Wall Street ...

Loeb Must Deliver More Sony Details

Sony's New Board Considers Dan Loeb's IPO Proposal