Companies need capital to fund ambitious projects, and they often turn to investors to raise funds. Teaming up with investment banks to issue corporate bonds gives these firms the money they need ...

the world stock market MSCI ACWI IMI index returned about 7% annually, and the NASDAQ index generated 16%. Bond values also increased (although not nearly as rapidly), with the broad US bond ...

Investors can buy mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that hold various stocks, bonds and other securities. This path is easier than picking individual stocks because a fund manager ...

Preferred stock is a hybrid security that has features of both common stock and corporate bonds. Preferred stock is a unique type of equity that grants shareholders priority over common ...

Can Stocks Hold Friday’s Early Gains ... Equally significant has been the drop in bond prices. Bonds are currently flirting with their year lows while the yield on the benchmark 10-year note ...