Learn what financial instruments are, explore major types and asset classes, and understand how they work in investing, trading, and portfolio construction.

Stocks and bonds are among the most common investment assets, traded through various markets and brokers. Stocks represent ownership in a company, while bonds function as loans to governments or ...

There are 1,600 fewer stock and bond funds than only a decade earlier, and lower fees are increasingly driving outperformance in those investments, a Morningstar study concluded. Processing Content ...

Shifting expectations of a Fed rate cut reflect underlying uncertainty about politics and the economy. Here are some essentials for managing risk in investing. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes ...

Wall Street’s message to investors: Calm down. That’s the notable takeaway from my latest roundup of capital markets assumptions from major investment providers, where they forecast returns for the ...