By Jason Zweig | 1:56 pm ET Feb. 20, 2015 Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet Even the most patient stock investors have to buy and sell sometimes, and how you trade can make a big difference in how much money you make. You could buy or sell a stock using a “market order,” an instruction to your broker to trade as soon as possible at the best price available...
Read More‘Sin-Vestors’ Can Reap Smoking-Hot Returns
By Jason Zweig | 2:09 pm ET Feb. 13, 2015 Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet You might expect a mutual fund that has beaten the S&P 500 by an average of nearly two percentage points annually since 2002 to rake in billions of dollars from eager investors. How come the USA Mutuals Barrier Fund has only $292 million? The portfolio is allocated equally...
Read MoreWhen Bond Funds Jump the Fence
By Jason Zweig | 1:53 pm ET Feb. 6, 2015 Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet Bond investors, break free. Such is the clarion call of the fund industry as it promotes what are called “unconstrained bond funds.” The managers of these portfolios aren’t fenced in by the need to mimic the holdings of market averages like the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index....
Read MoreFed Up: How Will Rising Interest Rates Affect Stocks?
By Jason Zweig | 12:50 pm ET Jan. 30, 2015 Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet Don’t worry about the Fed; be happy. That is the message from analysts and market strategists. The Federal Reserve signaled this past week that it is unlikely to raise short-term interest rates until at least June. And that rise, when it comes, will be a good thing, investment...
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