Equities

It’s not clear that investors must pluck the next Facebook or Amazon to succeed at picking stocks. Perhaps there are more promising places to hunt.

Historical data undercut these rules of thumb.

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Prices will rise and all will seem fine, even as markets lay the groundwork for a crash.

U.S. equity investors have gotten complacent—or smart.

Goldman Sach’s basket of the most-taxed companies climbed 0.4 percent Tuesday while S&P 500 was flat.

Recent history shows that misplaced correlation assumptions can underestimate the risk in markets.

Approximately 52 percent of active fund managers are beating their respective benchmarks this year, the highest relative performance since nearly 55 percent eight years ago.

Improving corporate governance, increasing dividends and a weaker currency are helping Japanese companies deliver good earnings consistently.

Investors who are betting on a significant Fed boost may end up disappointed.