The list of food trends for 2019 according to Whole Foods Market includes an eclectic mix of new and emerging products, from Pacific Rim flavors to reusable food wrappers and marine snacks.

A new year is starting like the old one ended, with garden-variety volatility that somehow feels worse than it is. Getting used to the swings is a process that investors expect to continue as 2019 wears on.

The new year promises serious challenges for the rapidly growing number of socially conscious investors.

Thanks to the December selloff, it’s relatively easy to find 9% yields.

As investors lower their expectations for further rate hikes, exchange-traded fund buyers are placing big bets on intermediate bond funds.

BlackRock, one of the world's largest asset managers and sponsor of the iShares ETF family, predicts, "a slowdown in global growth and corporate earnings in 2019, with the U.S. economy entering a late-cycle phase, but that the actual risk of a U.S. recession next year is low.