For lawmakers, tax policy is often a means to an end. Want low-income people to save? Try the retirement savers tax credit. Want homeowners and drivers to consider the environment? Try tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements and hybrid car... [more]

John Dorfman, manager of the Dorfman Value fund, says that many industries are misperceived and that they have become great buys. In an exclusive MarketWatch interview, Dorfman noted that drug-company stocks are selling at the same kind of multiple... [more]

Our houses in the not-too-distant future will be capable of remarkable feats, wired to put energy efficiency, entertainment, health care and security -- among a number of other things, some of which we haven't even thought of yet -- at our command 24... [more]

September is shaping up to be one of the more important months of the year. I would advise investors to be nimble and not over-commit to anything. Plus, be a true contrarian and take another look at energy stocks. ... [more]

Leo Leydon of Financial Focus Advisory Services in Pembroke, Mass., says that the stock market is just bouncing off of oversold, and is due for a pretty good bounce right here, a move which he thinks will push the Standard & Poor's 500 index to t... [more]

Charles Rotblut, senior market analyst for Zacks.com, says that deflation of oil and gas bubbles has dropped the prices of many energy stocks, but it has created opportunities, like the one that makes Stone Energy Corp. the Bull of the Week. In a r... [more]

Paul Larson, editor of the Morningstar StockInvestor newsletter, said in a radio interview that the stock market is pricing energy stocks as if oil prices are going much further than they have already fallen, which has made many energy stocks cheap... [more]

Things are going to get much costlier and trickier for consumers after Labor Day, even if oil prices keep falling, Henry Harteveldt of Forrester Research tells assistant personal-finance editor Andrea Coombes. (Aug. 12) ... [more]

As oil prices rise, the chorus of voices pushing for alternative energy sources to power the U.S.'s electricity needs is getting louder. ... [more]

U.S. wholesale prices increase a larger-than-anticipated 1.4% in May, after seasonable adjustments, with energy prices gaining by fully 4.9% and food prices rising 0.8%, government data show. ... [more]