Stay calm and objective, and be well read, educated and flexible.

Better-designed treaties should focus on increasing U.S. exports globally, even if that means imports rise.

Some of the red flags that may foreshadow a correction in stocks.

The concern is that passive investing can stifle competition.

Equities have supplanted bonds as the market to watch as drama builds around funding the U.S. government.

It was a calm summer week as investors anticipated information from the U.S. Federal Reserve, The European Central Bank and elsewhere.

U.S. and North Korea tensions that spooked investors have since calmed

Japan and global equity funds led to the ninth straight week of inflows for developed markets, but investors are still sour on U.S. funds

U.S. fiscal policy, European monetary policy and an aging bull market pushed them to energy, utilities and commodities (primarily gold).

Like climate change, the forces driving investors to passive investing may be too far along to turn back. The velocity toward index-driven dystopia appears to be increasing.