As I sat down to write this piece, a segment about the launch of a new cruise line ran on television. Yes, a cruise line ... Called Virgin Voyages and backed by British billionaire Richard...

Whether we’re discussing “alternative investments” or “better stores of value,” serious investors look for assets that will protect and grow wealth despite — or even because of — weakness in that...

The $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is nearing the finish line. House legislators just passed their version. The Senate is debating it now. And President Biden hopes to have a final bill to sign by...

I’m not as young as I used to be — and, sometimes, my back reminds me of that fact. I first hurt it several years ago, when we were moving into a new house. Now, every year or two, I seem to...

Interest rates are on the rise again. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond just breached 2%. That’s more than double its March low and the highest level in a year. The yield on the...

The “dash for cash”: It’s what you often see among companies, consumers and investors when uncertainty rises and people are seeking protection from losses. That’s not what we’re seeing today. ...

The Scottish poet and journalist Charles Mackay wrote 180 years ago about the “popular delusions and the madness of crowds” — how “whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and...

Tuesday morning, just before 6:30 a.m. Eastern, Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “I kinda love Etsy.” That’s it; “that’s the tweet,” as the social-media-savvy like to say. But...

There’s a “Blue Wave” washing over Washington as Democrats take control of the appropriating and spending branches of the federal government. That means more easy money for Wall Street — a...

It may be a new year. But investors are facing the same old problem: How to generate reliable, consistent, lifestyle-sustaining income. Why? Interest rates and dividend yields were already low...