• Editor's Introduction: No Normal?

  By: Albert Bozzo

  Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 10:00 AM ET

  

  For all the talk of a new normal, some may be wondering if it is more a matter of no normal. Do the same rules —diversification, buy and hold—and vehicles—mutual funds, single stocks—still apply? Is there a new calculus, physics to the world of investing?

• Asset Allocation: Time For A Change Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:59 AM ET

  

  Asset allocation strategists haven’t had an easy time in recent years. For awhile they dished out bigger weightings to defensive plays—bonds, cash and commodities. But for 2011, strategists recommend investors boost allocations to ride the wave.

• Diversification: Broken Or Forgotten?

  By: Jeff Cox

  Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:47 AM ET

  

  How do you spread out your risk when so many asset classes seem to be going in the same direction? Well, there's still sense in spreading the wealth and limiting the pain.

• The Best of Times For Stocks Tuesday, 26 Oct 2010 | 2:22 PM ET

  

  A midterm election yielding a GOP Congress to offset a Democratic president, seasonal factors and stocks' status as a "humiliated asset class" should combine to power a sizable rally in the coming months.

• Hedge And Look For Alternatives Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010 | 11:33 AM ET

  

  Smart investors need to look at savvy investment alternatives, from junk bonds to short selling to commodities, say three financial advisors.

• Small Cap Vs. Large Cap: Now Big Is Better Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:48 AM ET

  

  Small-cap stocks usually lead the economy out of recessions and this one has been no exception, but market leadership looks ready to turn.

• Herd On The Street: ETFs Rule Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:53 AM ET

  

  Buffeted by markets made more efficient by high frequency traders, high stock correlation, and an increasing focus on costs, actively managed mutual funds have failed to earn their high management fees and lost ground to exchange traded funds, ETFs, and index funds.

• The 411 About Your 401(k) Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:49 AM ET

  

  After a year and a half of stock market gains, you might be feeling a little better about your 401(k). Once shattered, it may now only be battered. But in the high-speed, global market of today, both the options and challenges in managing your portfolio are greater than ever.

• Balancing Act: A Tale of Two Portfolios Monday, 25 Oct 2010 | 9:47 AM ET

  

  Retirement and investment accounts may have the same purpose, but you'll need to manage them very differently to get the most out of your money.

Slideshows

• 20 Stocks with the Potential to Pop

  By: Paul Toscano

  Thursday, 26 Aug 2010 | 4:27 PM ET

  

  With data from ThomsonReuters, we took a look at the stocks with mean consensus analyst estimates that are farthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 8/26/10).

• 20 Stocks with the Potential to Drop

  By: Paul Toscano

  Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | 4:31 PM ET

  

  Analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. So, which stocks do analysts on average predict will have the biggest drop?

Markets Pages

• Stocks Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 8:48 PM ET
• Bonds Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 8:48 PM ET

  

  Bonds market data, news, and the latest trading info on US treasuries and government bond markets from around the world.

• Commodities Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 1:42 AM ET

  

  The latest commodity trading prices for oil, natural gas, gold, silver, wheat, corn and more on the U.S. commodities & futures market.

• Currencies Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 8:47 AM ET

  Currencies, Currency Markets, News and Rates on International Currency

• Mutual Funds Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 8:54 PM ET

  Info on Mutual Funds, Money Market Funds, Equity Funds and Bond Funds

• Earnings Central Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | 8:48 PM ET

  Corporate Company Earnings, Find Earnings Per Share and Earnings History Online