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The article discusses the expected increase in high-yield bonds and high-dividend stocks in 2016 and its impact on master limited partnership (MLP). It mentions the impact of interest rates in the growth of stock and bond markets. It also mentions the growth in range of investments in 2016 including junk bonds, real estate investment trusts and utility stocks.

The article focuses on the shares of South Korean multinational conglomerate company Samsung, which is considered to be the world's cheapest mega-cap stock, but of late was very much out of favor with investors. Topics covered include a forecast by some analysts the company's share could gain 50% after being down 19% in 2014, the impact of the declining profits of the firms mobile business on its overall earnings, and initial public offerings (IPO) being planned by the company.

The article offers information on several stocks that could reward investors with 15 percent to 20 percent total returns in 2012. These include stocks of holding company Berkshire Hathaway, consumer products manufacturer Procter & Gamble, life insurer MetLife, cable provider Comcast, and oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell.

The article offers information on the stocks of the Major League Baseball (MLB) team Atlanta Braves, with topics including mass media company Liberty Media, valuation of Liberty Braves Group, and businessman John Malone.

The article highlights AQR Capital Management, an investment manager with 141 billion U.S. dollarrs in assets that aims to turn academic insights about finance and the markets into quantitative strategies for institutional and retail buyers. Topics discussed include the performance of its AQR Managed Futures Strategy, strategies used by the investment manager in its range of funds and its approach on the equity side.

Discusses the United States economy and stock market as of July 31, 2000. Decline made by the technology sector; How the major stock indexes have performed since March; Information from Conseco's second-quarter profit report.

An interview with Joe Rosenberg, the chief investment strategist at Loews Corp., is presented. He provides his perspective about stocks, including hedge funds' underperformance in the trading market. He highlights issues related to pension funds, bullish investment, and private equity as well as in the energy and automobile industries.

The article offers insights for investors on which stocks to invest as the market bounces back after declining in August 2015. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard and Poor's index are said to have dropped following news on China's economic slowdown, but they are now recovering. Investors are advised to consider dividend-paying blue chip stocks such as conglomerate corporation General Electric, the bank JPMorgan Chase and pharmaceutical company Merck.

The article explores the state of commodity stocks as of August 2015, when it is considered as the most out-of-favor industry group in the stock market together with energy shares. Topics discussed include decline of prices of oil, gold and copper in 2015, reasons investors should start adding commodity shares into their portfolio and recommended ways to play energy and other commodities like investing in exchange traded funds (ETF).

Interviews Mary Meeker, Internet industry analyst at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. Outlook for the sector's wealth creation in 2000; Reduction of the time between venture capital financing and initial public offering; Recommended Internet stocks. INSET: An exploding universe (Internet stocks)..

Discusses renewal of United States investor interest in cyclical stocks. High valuation of stocks that deliver consistent profits, like Gillette and Coca-Cola, as opposed to less-predictable industrial companies like Ford Motor; Investor Warren Buffett's role in the creation of a two-faced stock market; Impact of Wall Street enthusiasm for a stock on that industry's ability to raise money, thereby shaping US business; Comparison of the performance of growth and cyclical stocks in the 1990s.

The article discusses the decline in stock market value of retailers in the Standard and Poor's 500 in the U.S. in summer 2014. The drop in shares is reportedly caused by the threat from Internet-focused retailers like Amazon.com which gives investment opportunities for bargain investors. Among the worst performers retailers and top picks for investors include Whole Foods Market Inc., the GameStop Corp. and TJX Co. Inc.

The article focuses on the best and worst income investments in 2014. Some of the best places for income include high-dividend stocks, municipal bonds, real estate investment trusts (REIT) and convertible bonds. Topics discussed include the effect of interest rate rise on the stock market, blue chips paying dividends of three percent or more, appeal of closed-end funds trading at a big discount to their net-asset values and rate of return generated by convertible bonds.

The article focuses on the health of the U.S. stock markets as of November 2013. According to the author, highfliers Twitter, LinkedIn and Workday seems to be overextended, but large financial, technology and energy companies still look attractive. The presence of just 10 stocks on the Standard & Poor mid-cap index is seen as an indication of the scarcity of bargains in the market. AT&T, Southern Co. and Simon Property Group were cited as the three defensive laggards in 2013.

The article discusses about the U.S. stock market performance during the year 2013 along with the statistics presented using the stock market indexes Dow Jones Industrials, S and P 500, and Nasdaq Composite. The article discusses the trends of the bull market and predicts the market performance for the second half of the year.

The article explores reasons the Dow Jones Industrial Average could hit 15,000 or more in 2013. One reason is that stock are not costly. Another reason is that there a big amount of money that could shift into stocks because individuals, until recently, have favored bonds over equities. In addition, endowments and pension funds have been moving assets away from stocks and into alternatives, such as private equity, real estate and hedge funds.

The article elaborates on the decline in the value of Facebook's shares since its initial public offering (IPO) in May 2012. One of the major factors that has caused the devaluation of Facebook's stocks is the rapid shift in the social utility's user base to mobile platforms like smartphones and tablet computers. The reactions of many investors on the company's initial profit report after the IPO are also provided.

The article focuses on the need for the stock market index Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to adjust it component companies to accommodate high-priced stocks. The DJIA assesses its components based on the absolute price of their shares. The unwillingness of companies to split their shares is the root cause for the DJIA's dilemma. An adjustment solution being proposed is to consider the way the Dow is calculated, capping the weighting of any stock at a fixed percentage.

Offers observations on Wall Street as of October 16, 2000. Rise in the depressed technology sector and the Nasdaq; Dow Jones Industrials; Comments by Laszlo Birinyi, head of Biriny Associates, on the market; Statistics on technology stocks and oil companies; Performance of companies including General Electric, Home Depot and Yahoo.

Focuses on stock market activity for September 25, 2000. Interest of investors on Wall Street in shares of drug, financial, and consumer-products stocks; Reaction of investors to the resignation of Evan Greenberg from American International Group insurance company; Projection of eBay, the online auctioneer, for its 2005 revenues; Speculation that General Motors will sell Hughes Electronics.

Discusses stock information for the United States as of August, 2000. Belief by many investors that the U.S. Federal Reserve will discontinue its raising of interest rates; Rise in financial stocks, the Dow Jones Utility Average, and real-estate investment trusts; Stock performance of the retailer Gap.

Reports on news and information regarding the stock market as of July 10, 2000. What the United States government's report on June 2000 employment provided; How the weaker-than-expected growth in payroll employment affected the stock market; Expectations of strong second-quarter profits; The tough year that retailing stocks have had.

Discusses stock market activity in the United States as of June 19, 2000. The concern over corporate earnings that has emerged as the economy eases off its torrid pace of 1999; How bank stocks were hurt after an earnings warning from Wachovia Bank; The decline that the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered reflecting weakness in financial and industrial issues; The decline made by shares of General Motors; How cash has emerged as a currency for merger transactions.

Reports on news and information regarding stocks as of June 5, 2000. The gains made by the Nasdaq due to growing optimism that the United States Federal Reserve may be nearing an end to its credit-tightening actions; The disaster that Daimler-Benz's 1999 acquisition of Chrysler has been for shareholders; The sector rotation that was evident.

Takes a look at stock market developments in the United States for the week ended March 19, 2000. Surge of the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Setback of the technology sector; American International Group chief executive Maurice Greenberg's upbeat remarks about the insurance sector; Shift into value-oriented stocks.

Presents stock trading-related news items in the United States, compiled in the week of December 6, 1999. Factors credited for the rise in share prices on December 3; Investment advice on the United Parcel Service Inc. by its own underwriter, Goldman Sachs & Co.; Problems hounding Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Presents stocks-related news items in the United States, compiled in the week ending November 24, 1999. Includes performance comparison between the NASDAQ and Dow Jones Industrial Average; Increase in AT&T Corp.'s share price after announcing plans to launch a tracking stock for its wireless phone business; Assessment of CNF Transportation Inc.'s share price.

Presents charts indicating stock performances of companies in various industries in the United States as of November 1999. Includes the Dow Jones Averages categories in Industrial components; Transports components; Utilities components.

Reports on the performance of stocks in the United States in the week ended September 24, 1999. Impact of anxieties on the weakening dollar; Plunge of the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Drop in the Nasdaq after Microsoft President Steve Ballmer's comment on the overvaluation of technology stocks; Investors' taking of refuge in volatile Internet stocks.

Takes a look at stock market news in the United States, current as of September 13, 1999. Includes impact of the technology sector on the performance of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System; Shareholders' opposition to Reynolds Metals' bid for Aluminum Company of America.

Comments on United States financial market activity during the week ended August 14, 1999. Economic statistics that contributed to the rally; Advance of the Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and other indexes; Analyst Laszlo Birinyi's optimistic market forecast; Brokerage stocks; Bidding for Reynolds Metals; American Express accounting practices; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac).

Reports on financial news in the United States as of August 2, 1999. Continued downturn in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the second week; Discussion of specific stocks which have risen or fallen, including American Express, Microsoft, and Dell Computer; Discussion of second-quarter growth; Distribution by Dupont of its interest in Conoco; Discussion of Internet stocks, in light of the debut of MP3.com stock; More.

Reviews United States financial market activity during the week ended June 26, 1999. Impact of an interest rate concern-related selloff in the bond market on the Dow Jones industrial average; Yield on the 30-year Treasury bond; Outlook for second-quarter earnings; Market sectors, including technology and brokerages; Returns for producers of basic materials; Merger-arbitrage business; Removal of AirTouch Communications from the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index; Qwest Communications' bid for US West.

Comments on stocks and stock market activity during the week ended June 19, 1999. Dow Jones industrial average; Nasdaq composite index, and the role of Microsoft and Cisco Systems; Internet stocks; Gillette profit warning; Role of corporate profits in 1999 market advances; Compaq Computer profit warning; AMR consideration of spinning off Sabre Group Holdings; Stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index that trade below ten times projected 1999 profits; Qwest Communication's bid for US West; Other topics.

Comments on United States financial market activity during the week ending June 12, 1999. Stock exchange response to expectations of a Federal Reserve rate increase; Stock price indexes; Industry and sector performance; Individual stock performance; Equity prices relative to bonds; Utility of the daily ratio of stocks setting new 52-week highs to new 52-week lows; Pharmaceuticals, including Pfizer; Investment opportunity in cyclical stocks; Automotives; Tobacco.

Focuses on United States stock market activity during the week ended April 10, 1999. Performance of Internet stocks, including Yahoo and technology stocks such as Cisco Systems; Performance of the Nasdaq composite index, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index; Companies that outperformed analysts' expectations; Financial stocks; Toronto-Dominion Bank, owner of online broker Waterhouse Investor Services; Food stocks.

Reviews United States financial market activity in the week ending January 2, 1999. Comparison of money managers' performance to the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P) Stock Index; Stock price indexes; Addition of America Online to the S&P 500 and removal of Amoco; Talk of a Bell Atlantic bid for AirTouch Communications; 1998 performance of the Dow; Cyclical stocks; Other topics.

Looks at the result at the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average in the United States as of December 1998. Stock performance of several corporations; Importance of the gap between Dow and S&P; Changes to the S&P 500; Comments from market analysts.

Describes the performance of the stock market in the United States during the week of November 16, 1998. Increase for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq; Performance of growth stocks versus value stocks; Developments at Philip Morris Cos. Inc.; General Motors' spin-off.

Looks at the performance of stocks in the United States in October 1998. Increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Earnings estimate for the big brokers; Gross domestic product of the United States for the third quarter of 1998.

Reports on trading activity on the New York Stock Exchange for the week ending August 21, 1998. Volatility seen in 280 point loss on the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Currency devaluations in Russia and South America; Earnings estimates; Latin stock markets; Hedge fund exposure to Russian debt market; Holdup on merger of Tellabs and Ciena; Stock price of Brylane; Stocks with consistent earnings growth, including Automatic Data Process.

Discusses stock performance as of June 1998. Graphs of the Dow Jones averages, including industries, transportation and utilities; The development that stocks drew little support from the rally in bonds; The drop in Morgan Stanley's index; The drop in crude oil prices; Comments from Fred Leuffer, an oil analyst at Bear Stearns; Impact of the merger announcement of Wells Fargo with Norwest.

Looks at stock trading as of June 1, 1998. Predictions from Tom McManus, an independent market strategist; The gains in Berkshire Hathaway, the company controlled by Warren Buffett; The decline in Morgan Stanley's index of cyclical stocks; The biggest losers in the Dow Jones industrial average.