How Worldly Is Your Portfolio?

Diversifying beyond just U.S. stocks and bonds is the key to long-term gains

Table: New Ingredients For Your Investment Mix

Table: A 21st Century Portfolio in Action

Graphic: Greater Diversification, Lower Risk

Tax-Smart Stashes For Your Assets

Graphic: Location, Location, Location

Rumbling Over Rates

Bond buyers are fighting the Fed. At stake: Mortgage costs and corporate finance

Graphic: The BusinessWeek Midyear Economic Forecast Survey

Online Extra: Fearless Forecasts: Where Economic Growth Is Headed

Online Extra: Fearless Forecasts: Where Interest Rates Are Headed

Online Extra: Fearless Forecasts: Where Inflation and Oil Prices Are Headed

Why The Bull May Charge

The Dow sits at 10,500. But the odds favor 8% to 10% gains by yearend

Chart: Good Reasons For Stocks To Rally

Chart: Will The Go-Nowhere Market Get Going?

China: A Whole New Currency Game

These stocks may benefit from a rising yuan

Table: Smart China Plays

Commodities: How To Find What Still Shines

Some metals have bucked the commodities slide, but choose carefully

Table: Opportunities For Investors

Energy: Hitch Your Wagon To A Wildcatter

Forget refiners and focus on outfits that are finding oil and gas

Table: Companies With Mud On Their Boots

Nanotech: Beaming In On Nano Gold

There's plenty of hype in nanotech, but cautious prospecting can pay off

Table: Some Little Things To Think About

Now The Real Value Is In Growth

With profits strong, growth stocks are leaving their value cousins behind

Graphic: Rising Rates Haven't Hurt Bond Funds -- Yet

Graphic: More Losses Than Gains For Equity Funds

Graphic: The Big Equity Funds Tread Water

Online Extra: A "Highly Focused" Health Fund

The Live Oak Health Sciences fund has delivered impressive returns by scouting both startups and giants for promising treatments

Online Extra: Tim Guinness' Global Energy Watch

The fund manager explains why China is an essential part of the forecast for oil, and he offers his favorite international picks

Online Extra: Growth Stocks: Stunted No More

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund manager Larry Puglia sees a number of smart buys: "I feel much better about things now"

Online Extra: Emerging-Market Bonds Stay Hot

The party isn't over yet, says fund manager Kristen Ceva, who sees particular promise in Russia and Mexico