"You need to know that you are going to be secure."

One of the things that I’ve been able to count on over my long business-writing career: Most people asking me for stock market advice tend to be frantic. If the market is falling sharply, as...

Down 27% since joining the index a year ago.

"When you’re given the gift of not coming from money, you watch your pennies. You work full-time and have side gigs, always."

Don’t look now, but hell may have frozen over. The sun may be beginning to rise in the west and set in the east—and Wall Street may be giving suckers an even break. Why do...

Columnist Allan Sloan shares an investing lesson that he learned the hard way.