Strategies

Using index funds to make bets on these key categories is hazardous, our columnist says.

The Federal Reserve is shedding assets at a glacial pace, exposing the financial system to continuing risks, our columnist says.

Strong reactions to rising prices and misunderstandings about the value of money are rampant, our columnist says.

Euphoria has been replaced by a much more somber mood, changing the value calculations in a host of markets, our columnist says.

Prediction markets say former President Donald J. Trump has a good chance of winning. So far, the stock market is fine with that.

Robert Shiller, the Nobel laureate, says valuations adjusted for high inflation suggest stock returns for the next decade are likely to be modest.

The latest enticing lottery prizes are the product of misleading advertising and high interest rates, our columnist says.

On Wall Street, excitement about A.I. outweighs concern about interest rates. But rocketing stocks could make it tough for the Federal Reserve to cut rates.

A.I. fervor has rocketed the chip company’s share price upward. Our columnist asked A.I. chatbots how big Nvidia would become if it kept growing as fast as it had over the past year.

Underlying economic and market factors mattered in previous presidential rematches. They may help President Biden, even if polls aren’t showing that so far.