In recent forecasts, Vanguard projects the stock market will rise by only 3.3% to 5.3% a year over the next decade. Morningstar sees U.S. stocks gaining 5.2% a year. Goldman Sachs forecasts the broad ...

Can anything stop the stock market? The U.S. economy recently weathered the worst pandemic in 100 years, the worst inflation in 40 years, and the highest interest rates in 20 years. Yet from 2019 ...

Big stock gains have always been followed by big losses. Here are tips on how to prepare. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and the economy. The higher ...

The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, our columnist says, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a ...