A measure of US bond-market volatility is heading for its biggest annual decline since the wake of the financial crisis with the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts dampening risks of an economic downturn. The ICE BofA MOVE Index, a gauge of expected bond-market...

Buffett’s record cash pile suggests attractive equity valuations are increasingly hard to find. Persistent stock selling and paused buybacks point to heightened capital caution at Berkshire. Elevated mega-cap and AI valuations raise risks from narrow market breadth....

If one theme has suffused the stock market in 2025, it might be this paradox: Investors know all about the AI bubble, but they’re buying AI stocks anyway.  In a new survey by The Motley Fool, 93% of investors with AI stocks said they plan to hold or expand...

Vanguard’s new advice is for investors with a "medium-term" outlook, and it stems from growing fears about an AI bubble. Vanguard is singing a new tune for investors in 2026. It goes like this: Out with the standard portfolio mix of 60% equity and 40% fixed income,...

A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar posted its worst week since June as traders looked to data due early next month to confirm expectations for further Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026. With trading subdued because of holidays this week and markets in the UK...

The last thing a diversified fund manager wants is to run a portfolio dominated by just seven technology companies — all American, all megacap, clustered in the same corner of the economy. Yet as the S&P 500 pushed to fresh records this week, investors were again...