Category: Markets

  • Focus on fundamentals to face volatility

    Earnings and interest rates drive stocks in the long run, Steve Giles says, and investors should focus on those fundamentals.

  • Watch bonds as rates rise

    As the Federal Reserve gets closer to eventually raising interest rates, Steve Giles says investors should keep an eye on the durations of their bond holdings. Steve explains how rising rates affect bonds in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]

  • This bull has legs

    By Bob Landaas April marks the fourth anniversary of the latest bull market. Those who aren’t bullish might feel sheepish to learn that the average bull market since World War II has been a little longer than four years. But bull markets don’t die of old age. They typically die because of speculative frenzy. They…