These games are fun to play and teach about the stock market and investing principles in a secure environment.

Michael M. Santiago / Staff / Getty Images Stocks provide greater return potential than bonds, but with greater volatility along the way. Bonds are issued and sold as a "safe" alternative to the ...

Some Texarkana students from Arkansas Middle School invested their economics education to play the Stock Market Game.

The bond market expects long-term inflation of about 2.3%, so investors are demanding a 2.3% real (after-inflation) return from the 10-year note. This 2.3% real expected return is close to the ...

US stocks rallied sharply on Wednesday as traders took in encouraging inflation data and strong earnings from Wall Street banks. The sell-off in bonds also got some relief as the 10-year Treasury ...

Good news is again bad news. Investors got an unwelcome surprise on Friday from a hotter-than-expected jobs report, which sent stocks and bonds lower. Investors took the evidence of a robust and ...

Both stocks and bonds are selling off right now, a shift from their past relationship. Until the past few weeks, stocks continued to climb to records as bond prices fell. Recently the S&P 500 ...

US stocks ripped higher Wednesday after strong bank earnings results and encouraging inflation data. The bond sell-off also saw some relief as yields tumbled. The moves mark a recalibration in the ...