Markets and Economy
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Washington Wise
Headlines are meant to grab attention, not to provide investing advice. So how can you separate urgency from noise in order to make strategic decisions for your portfolio?
On Investing
Kathy Jones and Liz Ann Sonders discuss market volatility, tariffs, Greenland, Japanese bond yields, and some momentum toward precious metals.
Bond Insights
While our outlook for the municipal bond market in 2026 is positive overall, we have identified five risks that we believe should be on investors' radar.
U.S. stocks face broad sell-off and Treasurys plunge with investors rattled by tariff threats amid President Trump's push to acquire Greenland.
Market Outlook
Year-end S&P 500 price targets implicitly assume continuity and fail to recognize volatility and macro forces that affect markets throughout any given year.
On Investing
With continuing pressure on Fed independence and mixed signals from the economy, how will the markets react?
Bond Insights
We expect another generally good year for bond returns this year, but even the best-laid plans can go awry when circumstances change. Here are four risks to our outlook.
Technology has become a major driver of emerging-market stock performance.
On Investing
Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones discuss the market reactions to the news out of Venezuela and analyze the latest economic indicators.