Kiplinger

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Around the beginning of 2018, the volatility of the stock market suddenly picked up. It was a worrying development for most investors, who prefer a smooth ride to a turbulent one. But volatility is a necessary condition if you want to deploy a strate

Money Magazine

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GOLD WINNER SELFWEALTH Gone are the days when banks had sole claim to the broker market. Investors can now get broking services at a fraction of the cost of bank-backed brokers, providing a cheap but still user-friendly trading alternative that doe

Business Today

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Stock markets reflect expectations of the future. And in the past one year, the stock markets have signalled that they have high hopes for the near and medium term future. Despite disruptive reforms like demonetisation and GST or perhaps because o

Newsweek

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It’s been a neck-snapping, stomach-churning, headache-inducing few weeks for savers and investors. The speed with which the market went from a record-high close on February 12 to the worst week for stocks since the Great Recession by the month’s end

Kiplinger

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In March 2020, COVID-19 began to ravage the United States, putting the nation into lockdown and skyrocketing unemployment. Entering a bear market for the first time in 11 years, stocks plummeted by 30% on March 23, a substantial drop from its record

Kiplinger

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These days, following an election can feel like watching the same slasher film every day for six months straight. But how should our political leanings impact our investing decisions? Specifically, should you sell before, during or after the election

Kiplinger

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There is an incredible euphoria when an investment portfolio is doing well. Performing at higher-than-average levels can make investors feel invincible. But without the emotional lows that the market can cause, these highs could not be possible. Man

Kiplinger

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Seasoned investors know that generating superior returns isn't just about putting the right equities into your portfolio. It's also about identifying stocks to sell – whether it's to lock in gains or limit losses – and knowing what companies you shou

Kiplinger

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The stock market goes through recurring cycles that look to us like the four seasons. Fear is rarely apparent in spring or summer and barely palpable even in the fall. However, the “winter” portion of a stock market cycle is typically the harbinger o

The Atlantic

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Timing the market is a game for professionals, not amateurs. And most professionals are terrible at it too.

Kiplinger

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Everyone wants to know when the market will soar and when it will sink, and over the years, investors have come up with a litany of ways to predict how stocks will move. Many of the classic market truisms are rooted in legitimate data, but when it co

Money Magazine

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I have been writing the Marcus Today newsletter for more than 20 years and read something called “Bob Farrell’s rules of investment” over 30 years ago. Farrell was the chief stockmarket analyst at Merrill Lynch from the late 1960s until 1992. He was

Kiplinger

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Every month or so, I get a call or an email from an investor who sold all his or her stocks during the 2007-09 market meltdown - often sidestepping most of the damage - but has never gotten back into stocks. The callers invariably say they want help

Kiplinger

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The typical stock investor tends to pay far more attention to how much money can be made in the market than how much potentially could be lost. That makes sense. If you weren't optimistic about growing those investments, why would you take the risk?

Kiplinger

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As the U.S. equity market continues a string of volatile days in December, it's normal for people to wonder if their investments are well positioned. As of Dec. 10, the Standard & Poor's 500 index had declined 8% over the past three months, and witho

Kiplinger

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For stock mutual fund AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap (symbol TCMIX), the past year started with a yelp and ended with a hurrah. Over the past 12 months, this member of The Kiplinger 25, our favorite low-fee funds, returned 15.9%, beating its

Kiplinger

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Congratulations! If you're reading this, it means you're alive and that the stock market volatility over the past month hasn't put you in an early grave. Or at least it hasn't yet. Let's call it a victory. Frankly, we should take what we can get. The

Money Magazine

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I first met Hamish Douglass in the early 2000s at an annual meeting of Cabcharge (now A2B). We ended up sitting next to each other in the front row and introducing ourselves. At the time he was a big shot at Deutsche Bank, but his passion for investi

Kiplinger

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The stock market largely ignored unrest across the nation for a second straight day, clawing out small gains as investors focused instead on states' continued efforts to reopen their economies. A steady drip, drip, drip of positive data -- including

Money Magazine

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When I retire, you would imagine that I – as a fund manager, stock-market newsletter writer, financial planning business owner, financial educator and long-time stockbroker – will relish managing my own retirement funds in perpetuity. But when I do r

Money Magazine

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There are a lot of things in the sharemarket that say one thing but mean another. Like these, for instance: Hi, we haven’t spoken in ages – Damn, I hit an old speed dial number. I’ll call you – Don’t call me. I’ll call you – This is possibly the l

Kiplinger

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In theory, midsize-company stocks operate in a sweet spot for investors. No longer struggling to get out of the gates, these financially mature firms, led by experienced executives, should come with more stability than small companies. They should al

Business Today

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Equity markets are facing another meltdown, more than a decade after the subprime crisis roiled global markets. Such steep corrections – close to 30 per cent-plus in the last couple of months – can make even seasoned investors impatient. So, it is no

Kiplinger

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Mount Rushmore features massive 60-foot-tall busts of celebrated presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, each chosen for their respective roles in preserving or expanding the Republic. But if you were t

Kiplinger

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The stock market jumped today at the outset of a new trading week amid a host of speculation about the impact of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 treatment on America's broader fight against the pandemic, as well as a fresh rescue bill. Experts conj

Femina

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For Mumbai-based mass media graduate Shivani Thakkar, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to be a part of the dazzling world of stocks, and she’s not looked back ever since. “I had no idea what I was getting into when I purchased the first bunch of

Kiplinger

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Now that the U.S. stock market has recaptured most of its losses from 2018's fourth quarter, many investors are breathing a sigh of relief. From its lows on Dec. 24, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, jumped 18% through the end of February. The index i

Kiplinger

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As a wealth adviser, I’ve witnessed the various ways people react to financial stress. While I’m sometimes surprised at an individual’s response, I remind myself that people have deeply ingrained beliefs and patterns about money. There is a large bod

Kiplinger

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Forgive me if today's stock market makes me feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle. Maybe, like Rip, I've been asleep since early 2000, which marked the peak of one of the biggest bull markets ever. Consider today's initial public offering (IPO) market. It's

Money Magazine

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Share trading volumes have surged during the pandemic, as people make the most of social distancing and lockdown to try their hand at trading. But the risks facing inexperienced traders can have devastating financial and mental implications. “Trading