Five stats from the market and the stories behind them. This week: Fed's $40 billion bond buys in question, Wal-Mart's worrisome 1% same-store sales growth, and more.
Bond-fund investors need to focus on duration, credit quality, and relative yields to better understand how much risk they're taking on, says Morningstar's Eric Jacobson.
Although the Fed's remaining toolbox is constrained, investors can stack the deck in their favor with high-quality stock picks, says Morningstar's Bill Bergman.