Money markets deal with short-term debt instruments for quick liquidity, while capital markets focus on long-term investments such as stocks and bonds to generate growth over time. When looking to ...

For years, I’ve believed that volatility is the primary driver of investment. It’s an inarticulate encapsulation of a capital markets theory, but when all the rhetoric is boiled away, volatility ...

Andrew Shilling is an editor for MarketWatch Picks, writing about savings, retirement, investing and other personal finance topics. Previously, he was an associate managing editor at Financial ...