Advisor Rankings: Top Independents

Mariner Holdings and Creative Planning, both based in Leawood, Kan., are ranked No. 1 and 2 this year, respectively.

Up & Down Wall St.

Randall W. Forsyth

Yellen suggests rate hikes lie ahead, even as popular discontent over Fed policies rises.

Streetwise

Ben Levisohn

Some market observers argue that without retail investors, the stock rally could falter. They needn’t worry.

Technology Trader

Tiernan Ray

The CEO has defied skeptics and led the company admirably in the post-Jobs era. But he needs a smarter strategy for the cloud.

Digital Investor

Theresa W. Carey

The new service, still in beta testing, offers a lot of investment flexibility. Plus, Stash Investing, an app for millenials with mobiles.

Fund of Information

Lewis Braham

With bonds yielding little and expectations for less-robust stock returns, an options strategy can offer some added return in a sideways market. There are three strategies to consider.

ETF Focus

Beverly Goodman

Despite doing everything in its power to demonize index funds, an Alliance Bernstein team fails to prove they actually harm markets.

Barron's Penta

Sonia Talati

Erik Davidson, CIO of Wells Fargo Private Bank, advises wealthy investors to tilt 30% of their portfolios to global opportunities in all asset classes.

Economic Beat

Gene Epstein

Clinton and Trump are wrong on free trade, as Adam Smith so clearly explained 240 years ago.

The Long View

John Steele Gordon

For example, better highways, financed by tolls, attracted a new type of thief.

Editorial Commentary

Thomas G. Donlan

College can be a path to cultural enlightenment, or a door to a professional career, or an introduction to penury.

The Trader

Vito J. Racanelli

Investors fret over talk of a September interest-rate hike. Also, the allure of PayPal. And, REITs could find new fans as a separate S&P sector.

Trader Extra

Vito J. Racanelli

PayPal is the dominant player in the transaction space, and that should continue.

Trader Extra

Vito J. Racanelli

Demand for REIT stocks and REIT exchange-traded funds will likely increase.

International Trader - Europe

Digby Larner

The once-staid lock manufacturer has used acquisitions and savvy to transform itself from a capital-goods maker to a tech company.

International Trader - Asia

Shuli Ren

The BoJ is buying ETFs to boost demand for stocks. The trouble: The program tilts toward stocks with a big presence on the Nikkei rather than the Topix index.

Emerging Markets

Dimitra DeFotis

Slower growth and American presidential politics significantly increases the risk of investing in Mexican stocks before Election Day.

Current Yield

Amey Stone

Long-term bond yields are likely to fall, even if the Fed raises short-term rates, experts say. That could make life tougher for investors.

The Striking Price

Steven M. Sears

Volatility has all but disappeared from stocks this summer. Is this unnatural calm a prelude to a storm? And, what’s behind a dearth of hedging.

Commodities Corner

Simon Constable

Dragged down too far by the slump in other grains, oat prices are ready to rebound this year.

Review

In the U.S., online ordering has been slower to catch on. But Americans’ tips for delivery guys are much more generous.

Preview

A new satellite technology could lead to encrypted Web communications that are impossible to breach.

Follow Up

Mylan’s EpiPen-pricing controversy is not the company’s first public blunder. Despite cheap shares, investors should stay away.

Follow Up

It’s time for investors to take their chips off the table with this stock.

Follow Up

After two earnings misses in a row, our confidence in Signet’s shares is waning.

13d Filings

Plus movements in the shares of Fairpoint Communications, magicJack VocalTec, Monster Worldwide, Atlantic Power, Evans Bancorp, RPX, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, and SunOpta.

Market Watch

Paul Farrell

Yardeni Research Wants to Know

Research Reports

Paul Farrell

Plus improving returns from Tenaris, Best Buy, and Toll Brothers.

Charting the Market

Bill Alpert

A graphic look at selected stock activity for the week ended August 26, 2016. Included are Best Buy, Toll Brothers, and Medivation.

Mailbag

Readers comment on Hillary Clinton’s possible effect on stocks, aspects of investment in public infrastructure, and Olympian athletes’ dreams