Up & Down Wall St.

Randall W. Forsyth

The Brexit vote hammers markets around the globe, and encourages other populist parties in Europe.

Streetwise

Ben Levisohn

Banks finally seemed ready to pull out of their slump until the U.K. voted to pull out of the European Union. The Federal Reserve’s stress tests indicate banks are in great shape, but that doesn’t mean their shares are appealing.

Investing In Retirement

Karen Hube

Annuities are about to get a makeover with new rules, low interest rates, and longer lives. Our annual ranking will point you to the best choices.

Investing In Retirement

Reshma Kapadia

SPECIAL REPORT -- Retirement: The Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule means that people selling annuities will have to be a lot more transparent about how they’re getting paid, and why the product they chose for a client really is the right one.

Feature

Jack Hough

The markets have been unkind, but buybacks, cost cutting, and steady revenues could lift stock by 25%.

Feature

Andrew Bary

Holders of the general-obligation paper are likely to do best in a debt restructuring.

Feature

Reshma Kapadia

The company’s shares could keep rising as more retirees try farming. Why chicken feed is big money.

Small Caps

David Englander

The stock has jumped since the company was spun off, but more gains seem likely.

Interview

Leslie P. Norton

From an outperformance perspective, the market’s smallest stocks have much in common with private equity, says Dalton Greiner’s CEO.

Profile

Eric Uhlfelder

LHC Capital’s Australian hedge fund owns just 10 stocks and averages more than 23% gains per year.

Editorial Commentary

Thomas G. Donlan

The annual news on Social Security and Medicare trust funds is getting worse.

The Trader

Vito J. Racanelli

The stunning U.K. vote is another blow to market sentiment, but one key to the longer-term U.S. effect will be the impact on banks and lending.

Trader Extra

Vito J. Racanelli

With a $2.3 billion market cap, organic foods distributor United Natural Foods looks like an attractive turnaround tale.

International Trader - Europe

Jonathan Buck

Consumer spending and foreign investment may fall, but British bank stocks may be worth a look.

International Trader - Asia

Shuli Ren

Founder Masayoshi Son has forced out his handpicked successor. That’s not a good sign for the embattled stock.

Emerging Markets

Dimitra DeFotis

The prospect for slower global growth and more protectionism should give pause to emerging market investors.

Current Yield

Amey Stone

Brexit prompts strategists to dial back expectations for interest rate hikes.

The Striking Price

Steven M. Sears

There are two unpopular candidates, but the unfolding general election lets investors hedge, fret, or profit from the tumult.

Commodities Corner

Rhiannon Hoyle

With the metal’s price up more than 25% this year, some analysts say recent gains could pale in comparison to an anticipated future rally.

Technology Trader

Tiernan Ray

Many of the big names of Silicon Valley got hammered in the market plunge that followed the British vote. Some may now be bargains; some may not.

Digital Investor

Mike Hogan

New Constructs, finbox.io, and Valuentum Securities offer online analysis of often baffling company earnings reports.

Fund of Information

Michael Shari

Memnon European Equity fund manager Vincent Bourgeois likes Smith & Nephew, Johnson Matthey, and Luxottica, among others.

ETF Focus

Chris Dieterich

As two major index providers—S&P and MSCI—create a new sector classification for real estate investments, many ETFs will have to do some serious restructuring.

Speaking of Dividends

Avi Salzman

We found 10 European stocks that offer healthy dividends at bargain prices.

Economic Beat

Gene Epstein

Advancing home sales have fueled a revival in retail, and brightened the prospect for economic growth, despite turmoil in Britain.

Review

It turns out that most investors just want to pay lower fees for traditional financial advice from a human advisor.

Preview

A cheese glut sent prices to $1.27 per pound, 15% below their 20-year average.

Follow Up

Elon Musk says the synergies in buying SolarCity are “blindingly obvious.” We don’t see them and would avoid the stocks.