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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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... infrastructure bill all weighing on investors' minds, there's no immediate turnaround in sight. But the best thing long-term investors can do right now is to stay positive. Stocks' ups and downs are ...
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How to Handle the Market’s Volatility
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... for stocks to decline during the fall, but it's starting a little earlier this year. I expect the bumpy ride to continue, possibly for a few more quarters. There are always multiple factors in market disruptions; ...
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How to Handle the Market’s Volatility
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... for stocks to decline during the fall, but it's starting a little earlier this year. I expect the bumpy ride to continue, possibly for a few more quarters. There are always multiple factors in market disruptions; ...
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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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When Will Stocks Rise Again?
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... substantial rise in stocks has been created by a catalyst, from falling interest rates to technological advances to stock prices declining to cheap levels. Right now most stocks, especially technology ...
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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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... of technology stocks closed down 0.6% the day after the election on fears of tougher regulation. But five days later, swept up in the euphoria, it was up as well, by a total of 3%. Investors ...
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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 ...
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Capital Gains Tax Hike a Possibility
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... earning capital gains above $1 million per year. Long-term capital gains — the sale proceeds from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate and other investments that are owned for more than a year — ...
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What the Elections Mean for Your Investments
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... and interpreting forward-looking information, and thus it's continually re-pricing stocks. Whatever Washington does to impact healthcare, energy and other sectors, the market will largely have priced it ...
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Raise Cash, Look for Opportunities
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... of blue-chip stocks remained 35% above its March low. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 39%. The fact is that the stocks that have led the recovery are still expensive and have little near-term upside. That's ...
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Be Very Careful Here
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... of the U.S. economy, will pick back up. And yet investors are buying as though Covid-19 were just a speed bump in the rearview mirror. Even technology stocks, which might seem to be immune to the troubles ...
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Fear Means Opportunity
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The stock market has been all over the place for the past seven weeks thanks to the shockwaves set off by the coronavirus – and it isn't likely to settle down anytime soon. While stocks have been climbing ...
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What to Do Now
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... for the U.S. shale oil industry, which needs relatively high prices in order to keep repaying its high levels of debt. Stocks have been selling of because investors believe these two events will create ...
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Iran Tensions and Your Investments
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... war isn't out of the question. In such a scenario, stocks would likely take a hit. Remember, the Dow fell over 13% in the period after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the start of the U.S. military ...