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Do Big Mutual Funds and ETFs Hurt Your Wallet?

Do Big Mutual Funds and ETFs Hurt Your Wallet?

Posted by on Jul 27, 2015 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | 5:59 pm ET  Jul. 24, 2015 If it seems your airplane tickets cost too much this summer or your bank is overcharging you at the ATM, you might think about blaming your mutual fund. That’s the startling—or maybe head-scratching—contention of some recent research that argues the top money-management companies...

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Let’s Be Honest about Gold: It’s a Pet Rock

Let’s Be Honest about Gold: It’s a Pet Rock

Posted by on Jul 20, 2015 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig |  12:13 pm ET  July 17, 2015 Gold is supposed to be a haven amid hard times and soft money. So why, even as Greece has defaulted, the euro has sunk against the dollar, and the Chinese stock market has stumbled, has gold been sitting there like a pet rock? Trading this week below $1,150 an ounce, the yellow...

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Memo to China: Your Market Moves Are Doomed to Fail

Memo to China: Your Market Moves Are Doomed to Fail

Posted by on Jul 13, 2015 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: “King Canute Rebukes His Courtiers,” engraving, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, late 19th century, Wikimedia Commons By Jason Zweig | 7:40 am ET  July 10, 2015 In your heart, you probably hope the Chinese government will succeed in its stunning interventions this past week to stay the panic on China’s stock exchanges. In your...

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Does Stock-Market Data Really Go Back 200 Years?

Does Stock-Market Data Really Go Back 200 Years?

Posted by on Jul 4, 2015 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig |  July 11, 2009 11:59 p.m. ET As of June 30,U.S. stocks have underperformed long-term Treasury bonds for the past five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. Still, brokers and financial planners keep reminding us, there’s almost never been a 30-year period since 1802 when stocks have underperformed bonds. These...

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