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How to Get Back into the Market
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... now, but you're likely a lot more confident that it will be higher in five years. The important thing is that you have money in the market so that you benefit from long-term market appreciation. If you're ...
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Five Predictions for 2023
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... the future, I think it's likely that things will improve at least a little bit. Here are my five predictions for 2023. 1. Interest rates will level out. The Fed moved its benchmark fed funds rate, which ...
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Putting the Market’s Drama in Context
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... owning good companies over long periods of time. And this happens to be a very good time to make sure that the holdings in your portfolio are optimized to get you where you'd like to go. Investors should ...
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Fighting Temptation in a Volatile Market
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... are always powerful forces when it comes to investing, and they are exacerbated in times of stress. If you're investing money that you won't need for several years, your best move is likely sitting tight ...
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Understanding the Fed’s Rate Hikes and the Market
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... interest-rate increases as a result. Two positive inflation readings in a row would make that scenario a lot more likely. That's not what happened, unfortunately: The Sept. 13 inflation report showed ...
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Better Inflation News Spells Opportunity
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... rate of price increases is still high, it looks like it might have peaked in June. The stock market rallied more than 4% over the subsequent week before giving back some of its gains. The takeaway here ...
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Is the Next Stock Market Catalyst Taking Shape?
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... in the price of goods and services. And though it’s far from scientific, I noticed a sharp difference between my past two grocery bills. What’s causing the decline in commodity prices? Most likely it reflects ...
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When Will Stocks Get Back in the Black?
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... has fallen 30%. When will it end? Markets don't break out of their funk for no reason. They need a catalyst—like strong corporate earnings, or interest-rate cuts, or, to cite a recent example, the approval ...
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For Investors, the Shoe Has Dropped
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The stock market has looked at higher inflation and rising interest rates, and to say that it doesn't like what it sees would be an understatement. Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 index ...
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What the Crashes of Netflix and Facebook Tell Us
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... forces are slowing the economy and punishing stocks of companies that don't deliver near-term earnings growth. In some cases, like Meta's, a growth stock may be beat up so badly that it becomes a buy. ...
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Market Turmoil Brings Buying Opportunities
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... of the tech-stock selloff is behind us. The Federal Reserve this month announced its first interest-rate increase since 2018, and signaled that six more rate hikes are likely in store for this year. That's ...
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A Bad Time to Be Over-Diversified
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... return right now. On the other hand, if you invested in an index fund whose holdings included Apple, you'd likely have a far smaller return. That's an over-simplified example, but you get the point. ...
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A Big Market Shift is Underway
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... the cost of borrowing. Thus, the long-term earnings potential of companies like Tesla or Peloton become less appealing when interest rates climb. The tech-heavy NASDAQ index is down 7% since early November, ...
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Why I Don't Invest in Crypto
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... the value of U.S dollars in circulation. Lots of investors have jumped on the crypto bandwagon, including celebrity billionaires like Elon Musk. I'm steering clear. In the short term, Bitcoin and other ...
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Higher Interest Rates Could Hammer Stocks
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... Should that pattern continue, it would likely prompt the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates. Tightening the money supply—or in plain English, making money more expensive—could cool the ...
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Time to Make a Shopping List
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... made its reversals look like small road bumps. It's human nature to get lost in short term trading. But it's long-term investing that can really make you wealthy. If you invested $100,000 in 1999 in ...
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How to Handle the Market’s Volatility
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If it seems like the stock market has been more volatile than usual lately, it's not your imagination. On September 9, the S&P 500 closed at 4,459, down 1.7% from the day before. Four days later ...
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How to Handle the Market’s Volatility
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If it seems like the stock market has been more volatile than usual lately, it's not your imagination. On September 9, the S&P 500 closed at 4,459, down 1.7% from the day before. Four days later ...
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Where to Invest Now? It's Tricky
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... dividend stocks pay you to wait. In looking for sectors that I consider most likely to see price appreciation, oil companies stand out, as do banks. Rising oil prices--oil has jumped from $40 a barrel ...
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Will Biden Double the Capital Gains Rate?
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... earnings would continue to apply, pushing the top rate to 43.4%. Here's why I don't think this scenario will become reality. First of all, Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike have wealthy constituents ...