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Up & Down Wall St.
Randall W. Forsyth
The unexpected plays out in politics, economics, and the stock and bond markets
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Streetwise
Ben Levisohn
Britain hasn’t invoked the article that would start its departure from the EU, and some investors don’t think it will.
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Small Caps
David Englander
Colfax, Patterson-UTI, and Energizer were some of our best small- and mid-cap picks in the past 12 months.
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Profile
Crystal Kim
Chasing yield will hurt investors as much as chasing performance will, says manager Scott Davis.
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Feature
Jonathan Buck
Plenty of European stocks were unfairly marked down in the post-Brexit selloff. Time to start shopping.
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Feature
Jonathan Buck
The French aerospace concern could see cash flow surge after launching the LEAP engine.
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Editorial Commentary
Thomas G. Donlan
Trade enriches both parties if governments and candidates stay out of the way.
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The Trader
Vito J. Racanelli
After a 6% decline following Britain’s vote to leave the EU, U.S. stocks rebounded sharply. But financials, which fell 8%, are still 2.6% below their pre-Brexit level.
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Trader Extra
Vito J. Racanelli
Volatility has pressured mergers and acquisitions. Yield seekers should consider reaping returns through arbitrage on soon-to-close deals.
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Trader Extra
Vito J. Racanelli
Biotech firm United Therapeutics is down 40% over the past year but has a strong balance sheet. Now could be a good entry point for some investors.
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International Trader - Asia
Shuli Ren
The initial panic set off by Brexit died down last week as investors more calmly assessed the damage and looked for opportunities.
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International Trader - Europe
Digby Larner
Post-Brexit, stick with multinational mega-caps in the U.K., advises the head of a U.S-based financial manager.
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Emerging Markets
Dimitra DeFotis
Led by Peru, Brazil, and Colombia, developing markets gained. Losers included Greece, Poland, China, and Egypt.
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Current Yield
Amey Stone
The hybrid securities—which offer benefits of both stocks and bonds—offer investors a good way to diversify their income portfolios. Now is an especially good time to buy them.
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The Striking Price
Steven M. Sears
The markets remain nervous, uncertain, and volatile after the Brexit vote. Investors can exploit that nervousness with downside puts.
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Commodities Corner
Simon Constable
Investors who play the options market can reap big rewards, but it requires taking on significant risk by selling rather than buying options .
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Technology Trader
Tiernan Ray
Investors betting on deals for small-cap techs should remember that most potential internet takeouts never happen.
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Digital Investor
Theresa W. Carey
Invstr creates an app that combines trading games and social media; LendingRobot; Scottrade’s price cut; and Fidelity’s online safe deposit box.
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Fund of Information
Crystal Kim
There’s good reason for funds to have extra cash—as a cushion—but not two-thirds of their assets or more.
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ETF Focus
Chris Dieterich
ETFs that promise safety because they move out of stocks when the market is tanking can seem appealing. But they tend to stay in cash too long, and investors could miss a rebound.
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Barron's Penta
Sonia Talati
CIO Rebecca Patterson says a recession is not imminent in the U.S.; nor is Brexit likely to trigger one.
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Economic Beat
Gene Epstein
With May consumption numbers adding to a surge seen in April, GDP could be up by annualized 3.5% in second quarter.
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Speaking of Dividends
Lawrence C. Strauss
Consumer-discretionary stocks have traditionally not offered big payouts. But some have decent dividends that cushion sometimes-mixed results.
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Review
Millennial-friendly money-transfer apps like PayPal’s Venmo allow users to send cash to each other without whipping out their wallets.
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Preview
Iceland’s parliament passes a bill to punish offshore holders of assets denominated in the country’s currency.
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Follow Up
Volkswagen settles part of the legal mess arising from its emissions-test-rigging scandal. The lifting of uncertainty could help its stock.
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Follow Up
The $2.7 deal for the ConAgra unit makes the U.S.’s leading private-label food company even more dominant. Shares could rise another 17%.