Investors prompted to seek shelter as DeepSeek rocks the stock market may want to skip bonds and seek out dividend stocks.

Bonds will always be less volatile on average than stocks because more is known and certain about their income flow. More unknowns surround the performance of stocks, which increases their risk ...

such as economic conditions or company performance. There's also the company-specific risk, where issues within the company can impact its stock price. When an investor purchases a bond ...

There is little sign of crimped demand for equities among individual investors, who remain bullish after two years of ...

The performance is on track to be the weakest ... In addition to managing markets coverage, he writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global ...

Bond yields have surged worldwide ... "You'll get more moderate types of returns," he added. Still, stock performance may defy expectations, as it did in previous years when many analysts expected ...