Building an investment portfolio requires commitment, patience, sacrifice and nerves of steel – especially when stock markets go into freefall. Certainly, the recent sharp sell-off in shares worldwide, triggered by fears of a global trade war between China and the United States and higher interest rates, has unnerved many investors. …

E-commerce company-turned-blockchain play Overstock.com's 4 million share offering has been canceled, according to a source familiar with the situation.

In this series we are looking at the issues surrounding investing for income and how it can be used to increase the money you have to spend or grow your wealth. In the first part James Norton, senior investment planner at Vanguard, looked at the basics of dividends, bonds and interest.  …