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A China-led trade slowdown is putting the brakes on growth, but the OECD thinks easy monetary policy and ...

Concrete steps for streamlining your parents' day-to-day financial management, tuning up their portfolio plan, and covering key estate ...

Video Transcript Jason Stipp: I'm Jason Stipp for Morningstar. Investors age 70 1/2 must take so-called required minimum ...

Enforced discipline is key to ensuring you're saving enough to meet your needs, says Morningstar director of personal ...

Video Transcript Jeremy Glaser: For Morningstar, I'm Jeremy Glaser. I'm joined today by Josh Peters. He is the ...

Before going passive, investors need to check under the hood and examine expenses, says Morningstar's Christine Benz.

We break down this week's Swiss surprise. Plus, our take on big bank results, Tiffany's sell-off, and Priceline's ...

Higher rates could bring much-needed yield to safer investments but could also crunch longer-term bond holdings and some ...

With falling interest rates behind us, we expect the high-yield market will outperform the investment-grade market, even if ...

Anticipation was building this week for the ECB to start a quantitative easing program, while a Greek exit ...

Despite another strong employment number, the absence of wage or price inflation should give the Fed space to ...

Morningstar's Russ Kinnel shares three ideas for playing macroeconomic trends, one fund with an interesting fundamental story, and ...

As Morningstar DividendInvestor turns 10, editor Josh Peters looks back at how his portfolios have performed and what ...

Friday's jobs number may disappoint some observers, but when averaged with November's robust report, growth should be consistent ...

Merck's reinvigorated pipeline and Sanofi's minimal patent-loss exposure placed them atop our rankings this year, while GlaxoSmithKline joined ...

Many will be disappointed with moderating GDP growth and housing's performance next year, but surprised by improvement in ...

Home-price appreciation and a strong stock market have brightened the picture for savers, but not across the board, ...

Video Transcript Christine Benz: Hi, I'm Christine Benz for Morningtar.com. Welcome to a special video session about how ...

Wide-moat stocks have performed better than the market overall as investors sought stability in a fully valued market.

The third-quarter GDP revision showing 5% growth resulted from a perfect storm of good news that isn't all ...

Consider ticking up your savings rate, working a bit longer (but maybe in a different job), and nudging ...

Video Transcript Jeremy Glaser: For Morningstar, I'm Jeremy Glaser. It's been a turbulent couple of months for the ...

Baird's Tim Steffen offers some pointers on managing capital gains, taking a multiyear approach to income tax planning, ...

Keep rebalancing, RMDs, fund capital gains, and account-funding deadlines in mind during your portfolio review, says Morningstar's Christine ...

Automatic enrollment has pushed participation rates in Vanguard employer-sponsored plans above 75%, but the average contribution rate has ...

By income band, women are about 10% more likely to participate in a company plan--and to save at ...

Central Bank recipes, leftover housing disappointments, and full valuations may still cause indigestion for investors, says Morningstar markets ...