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What the Crashes of Netflix and Facebook Tell Us
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Netflix and Facebook were two powerhouse stocks during the pandemic, rising 100% and 38% respectively between early 2020 and the Fall of 2021. But in recent months, each has fallen hard: As of April 22, ...
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Market Turmoil Brings Buying Opportunities
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... the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite index has plunged more than 12%, bringing the index into correction territory. Technology stocks have fallen especially far because they had flown the highest in recent ...
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A Bad Time to Be Over-Diversified
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... over time while keeping you on track to meet your growth goals. Then there's what we call di-worse-ification, a situation where an investment portfolio has so many stocks that the result is unnecessary ...
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A Big Market Shift is Underway
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... stocks during the pandemic, and signaling that it will soon begin raising interest rates as well, investors have begun to rotate away from speculative stocks and toward quality names. The stay-at-home ...
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Why I Don't Invest in Crypto
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... a high of $69,000 in November, for example. Why is crypto so volatile? It doesn't have inherent value like gold, which can be made into jewelry or put to other uses, or stocks, which represent shares ...
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Higher Interest Rates Could Hammer Stocks
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... overheated economy and start to bring prices of goods and services back down. But what effect would rate hikes have on stocks? While there are many variables, it's quite conceivable that stock prices could ...
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Time to Make a Shopping List
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The stock market has been choppy for several weeks now, with the S&P 500 index down about 4% since the beginning of September. And with rising inflation, supply-chain disruptions and the fate of the ...
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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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... trading at a 5% premium. Meanwhile, stocks are expensive. Those in the S&P 500 index are trading at about 35 times their earnings, compared with their historical average of around 16. Growth stocks ...
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Will Biden Double the Capital Gains Rate?
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... stock earlier than planned in order to lock in the current 20% capital gains rate. But my advice is to avoid making major changes based on something that might not happen. As always, please don't hesitate ...
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When Will Stocks Rise Again?
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Remember when the stock market seemed like it would go up forever? Between March 20 of last year and May 7 of this year, the S&P 500 index gained 84%, driven by factors like government stimulus spending, ...
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How to Invest for Inflation
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... First of all, inflation helps to explain why tech and other high-flying “growth” stocks have had a rough year. Rising inflation is seen as a headwind for stocks generally because it increases ...
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Rising Inflation and Interest Rates: What to Do
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... the stock market, which makes this a good time to review your investment portfolio. As Treasurys' yields rise, so does their attractiveness as a safe alternative to stocks. That can create volatility in ...
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The Stock Market Rotation is Here
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The technology and work-from-home stocks that have powered the market since early in the pandemic have suddenly come back down to earth. Names like Zoom, DocuSign, Amazon and Tesla have all fallen sharply ...
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What to Know About the Short-Squeeze Trend
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In the past few weeks, news outlets have been full of stories about GameStop and other stocks going through the roof thanks to massive buying pushes coordinated online. There have been just as many stories ...
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What the Democrats' Win Means for Stocks
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... agenda for the first time since 2011. The major stock market indexes are signaling enthusiasm. Six days after the Georgia election, the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials were both up 2%. The Nasdaq index ...
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Use Tax Planning to Grow Wealth Faster
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... approaching, now's the time to pull the levers that enable you to do just that. Here are some tax-planning strategies you should consider implementing. 1. Give stock, don't sell it. Selling a large taxable ...
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Vaccine News Shakes Up the Market
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... health crisis. But what does that news mean for your investments? If you've loaded up on stay-at-home stocks—such as e-commerce, teleconferencing and streaming entertainment companies—it may be time to ...
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President Trump's Coronavirus Diagnosis: Market Impact
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... out of the woods. And I believe that has two implications for the stock market. First, so-called stay-at-home stocks should benefit. The president's positive test underscores that we're dealing with ...