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How to Invest in Bonds as Interest Rates Rise
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... to continue raising interest rates. As rates climb, the value of existing bonds falls, because newly issued bonds pay higher rates. A five-year bond paying 5% is obviously less attractive than a five-year ...
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Is This Your Advisor's First Rodeo?
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The last stock market crash, in 2008, is becoming more of a distant memory every day. Since the spring of 2009, we've been in a market that has gone increasingly higher. And in periods like last year, ...
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How to React to the Market’s Ups and Downs
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... investment portfolios are built with the expectation that markets will have normal corrections. We even expect there to be periodic longer bear markets. But historically, markets always end up higher after ...
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Seeking Diamonds in the Rough for 2018
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... The Dogs of the Dow are the 10 highest yielding Dow Jones Industrial stocks as of the end of the year. Since yield equals dividend relative to price, the Dogs not only pay a high amount of income, but ...
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Why Bitcoin is for Suckers
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... novices who will buy the currency and pump prices even higher. By the time bitcoin crashes, these more savvy investors will be long gone. You'll be the one left holding the bag. As the gambling saying ...
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How a Tax Failure Could Topple the Market
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... reform fails, sophisticated investors who had hoarded shares of highly taxed companies (which they thought would get a big earnings boost due to a tax cut) will sell those shares. Companies that hired ...
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How to Invest for Natural Disasters
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... Universal Holdings during its slump. Insurance companies are typically able to raise premiums after big losses; that can lead to more profits and higher stock valuations. Luckily for the east coast, ...
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How to Invest for Natural Disasters
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... Universal Holdings during its slump. Insurance companies are typically able to raise premiums after big losses; that can lead to more profits and higher stock valuations. Luckily for the east coast, ...
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Where to Buy in an Expensive Market
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The stock market has been pushing higher and higher for eight years now, including a strong leg up following the presidential election. As a result, some investors feel that stocks are now too richly priced ...
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Market Uncertainty Arises: How to Invest
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... the intrinsic value of high-quality, out-of-favor stocks. Ultimately, value investors believe that the market will catch on and boost their share prices. Meanwhile, value-stocks' dividends reward us ...