Hough: The health-care sector is flashing mixed signals, but the prognosis is good for investors who can navigate the risks.

With the Fed’s actions, safer assets like Treasurys will pay meager yields.

Hough: The hard-drive maker looks likely to prosper in the post-PC era, and its shares sell at a deep discount.

Wary of the markets and a weak dollar, more investors are drawn to precious metals, diamonds — even collectibles. The pros and cons of this strategy.

Some 60 percent of investment buyers are forgoing loans and plunking down greenbacks for that waterfront bungalow. Do such deals pay off?

With more middle-class borrowers looking for cash, pawnbrokers are cleaning up their image.

Federal Reserve Bank of DallasPresident Richard Fisher said the central bank’s third round oflarge-scale asset purchases has led to an increase in market expectations for higher inflation without more job …

Key barometers in the Treasury market late Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested:___1. Bond Buyer index of 40 actively traded municipal …

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.