Inflation can hurt stocks as business profits fall, consumer spending stalls, and the economy slows. Investors who embrace the regularity of market crashes are better prepared for long-term success.

The headlines about new stock market highs are hiding the fundamental erosion in many consumer areas. While employment looks fine and inflation seems stable, consumers are making budget shifts to ...

Rather, as a retiree, you may want to look at real estate investment trusts, or REITs. The nice thing about REITs is that they're required to pay at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders ...

As of Aug. 21, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up a healthy 18.6% over the past year and is only 1.7% off of the all-time high it set earlier this month. If the stock market is any indication, the ...