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The Investment Outlook Is Changing
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... pass an infrastructure spending package. While there will always be developments that nudge stocks upward or downward, it's wise to assume that stock returns will be more moderate over the next few years ...
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A Smart Investing Move to Start the Year
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... you restore the original, optimum ratio of stocks to bonds in your portfolio. When stocks soar, as they did for many years after the 2008/09 market crash, you might end up with a portfolio that's overweighted ...
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What the Market Plunge Means for Investors
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... advisor who is not only knowledgeable but also experienced. Remember, it's been more than 10 years since the last cycle of Federal Reserve interest rate increases ended. The countless advisors who have ...
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What Will Kill the Bull Market?
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... to the age of the current bull market—more than nine years—many investors have started to think about pulling their money out of stocks at some point before the next big dip. I can't say emphatically enough ...
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How to Invest in Bonds as Interest Rates Rise
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... bond paying 6%. Bonds with longer maturities lose more value, because their owners are stuck with more years of getting paid the old, lower interest rate. What's important to understand is that your ...
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The Risk of Waiting for a Cheaper Market
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... in the next year or two—that should be in a safe, liquid instrument like a money-market fund or CD. I'm talking about your long-term money, the money you won't need for at least five years. Here's why ...
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Be Smart About Your Tax Windfall
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... portfolio. Your investments should seek to balance growth and safety. But even if you've worked with an advisor to strike the right balance, changing markets can destroy that balance. The past few years ...
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How to React to the Market’s Ups and Downs
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... major setbacks, it may feel like a long, ugly selloff lies ahead. But the truth is that market volatility—those violent swings up and down—is completely normal. Over the past 40 years, U.S. stocks have ...
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Seeking Diamonds in the Rough for 2018
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... years. By being more selective, investors might increase their odds of success. For instance, the cheapest five stocks in the Dogs of the Dow have tended to do better over time than the group as a whole. ...
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How a Tax Failure Could Topple the Market
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... Trump wants to do, would directly boost companies' earnings. The expectation of this cut, part of a broad push to reduce both corporate and individual taxes to the tune of $5.8 trillion over 10 years, ...