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Some funds marketed as socially responsible by investment firms are drawing regulators' attention to determine whether those claims are at odds with reality.

The SEC is considering a proposed rule that would discourage high-level, well-informed insiders from blowing the whistle on corporate wrongdoing.

This stock has significantly overstated earnings, despite reporting in-line with consensus estimates.

It is vital to identify and avoid retirement-killing features of your portfolio. Given the stage of the stock and bond cycles we find ourselves in, they are everywhere.

People who are doing it explain the ups and downs--and what you need to do to make it pay off.

Common errors include neglecting to report all taxable income or valuable deductions and credits.

You pay in advance--often with a guarantee funds will grow to meet future college costs--but there are a host of requirements.

Archives may hold historical and other value even if the deceased wasn't famous.

It has been hard to find a losing strategy in the equities markets these days. Growth's a winner. Value's a winner. Even bonds are having a good year. Fintech unicorns, however, haven't kept up with the market's record y...

Predicting a major economic or financial event--whether that's a recession, market downturn or even your own retirement--requires that you also take action.

Neither Bausch Health nor its shareholders are complete beneficiaries of the company's settlement of 2015 securities litigation.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a solid parliamentary majority that will allow him to push the Brexit plan he concluded with the EU in October through the House of Commons ahead of the 31 January 2020 deadline.

The plane maker's perceived pressuring of regulators to fast-track recertification of the 737 MAX has backfired.

The founder of accounting-software firm BlackLine discusses the financial risks of entrepreneurship with host Veronica Dagher in WSJ's 'Secrets of Wealthy Women' podcast.

Get your Dow 30,000 party hats on, because there is little in the way of the stock market reaching all time highs.

Chinese consumers will likely buy a lot more 5G phones next year--but perhaps not enough to justify investors' recent enthusiasm for the sector.

Twitter stock has seen significant volatility over the last few years. While the stock is benefiting from an expanding international user base and improving monetization, slowing growth rates and concerns about its valua...

U.S. government-bond prices fell following better-than-expected Chinese economic data, driving yields higher after they fell last week.

Long-suffering investors in European stocks have something to celebrate this year, with the region's benchmark equity index on track to close at its first record in more than four years.

Trefis highlights How Mortgage-Backed Securities Held By Major U.S. Banks Have Changed Since The Recession and finds that Bank of America holds the largest portfolio of mortgage-backed securities among all commercial ban...

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) operates futures and derivatives exchanges including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, as well as the Dow Jones Index Services. Tref...

Pfizer and Merck are both primarily engaged in the pharmaceutical business. Pfizer generated $54 billion sales in 2018, while Merck garnered $42 billion. For both the companies, revenue over the past few years has been i...