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Oil, Patience, and Value Investing
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Every investor's dream is a stock or bond that goes straight up and earns them a great return with zero stress. But that's not how investing works: While good picks have rewarded investors handsomely, ...
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The Real Election Winners
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... vice versa, is a silly idea. Investors are best served by compartmentalizing their political views and their investment decisions. No matter the political situation, investing is still about following ...
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Finding Bond Bargains in ETFs’ Wake
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... interesting is that as a bond investor, you don't even have to own an ETF to benefit from this trend. That's because ETFs have changed the bond-investing game for all investors. Because of the way big ...
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High-Yield Bonds: Attractive But Increasingly Dangerous
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... to high-yield investing. ...
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An Auto-Industry Legend’s Lesson for Investors
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... can get out of the way and let you drive. Most non-experts don't do a great job at investing their own money; they lack an advisor's discipline, expertise and objective distance. That's why using an ...
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Is The Market Rigged?
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... and look at it, the cost of investing in the markets is cheap. When you buy and sell real estate, you pay about 9% to agents, lawyers, insurance companies, mortgage brokers and other gatekeepers. When ...
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Time to Lock in Gains?
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One of the hardest parts of investing is selling stocks or bonds that have done well. But that's exactly what you have to do when rebalancing your portfolio—and rebalancing is one of the smartest things ...
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Resolve to Achieve Financial Success in 2014
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How did you do in 2013? Did you meet your goals for investing? Did you manage to stay within your budget—did you even have a well-organized budget? No matter what your successes or failures last year, ...
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A Simple Way to Earn More From Your Investments
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As an investor, you should focus not on what you make, but what you keep after taxes. Tax-efficient investing has always been a good idea, and because of the new tax to fund the Affordable Care Act, it's ...
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Insured Municipal Bonds Starting to Look Attractive
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Often the best investing opportunities are to be found when others are panicking—and that's the case now with municipal bonds, or munis for short. Muni bonds are debt taken out by municipalities like cities, ...