Mark Hulbert

Nearly half the companies in the Russell 2000 index lost money over the past 12 months — 41.5%, to be exact. Let that settle in a bit.

Corporate insiders haven’t been this bearish in more than 20 years.

Corporate insiders are more bearish than they have been in decades. That's worrisome, since insiders presumably know more about their companies' prospects than the rest of us do.

The concern is understandable, since the consumer-price index affects everything from Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment to the interest rate earned by investors in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

Apple has been phenomenally profitable because its CEO resisted demands to change the business’s focus.

Apple under Tim Cook's leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one's knitting.

Despite equity valuation ratios that suggest stocks are in nosebleed territory, it's actually a good bet the market will produce decent returns over

Stock-market timers recently rushed to the exits, which is bullish from a contrarian perspective.

The balanced stock-bond portfolio is defying the widespread argument that it is no longer an appropriate approach.

The global stock market's year-to-date returns provide yet another lesson in how unpredictable investing can be.