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Banks Won Big in Washington. What It Means for Investors

Banks Won Big in Washington. What It Means for Investors

Posted by on May 28, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet   By Jason Zweig |  May 25, 2018 12:09 pm ET   The financial-deregulation bill passed by the U.S. Congress this week is the latest phase in the eternal tug-of-war between regulators and banks. As fast as governments impose limits on the financial industry, banks, brokers and other firms fight back. It’s been...

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When Your Investing Robot Has a Mind of Its Own

When Your Investing Robot Has a Mind of Its Own

Posted by on May 21, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet   By Jason Zweig | May 18, 2018 10:30 am ET   Not many people would keep adding money to a brand-new investment that has lost 9% in its first four months. But a robot will. That’s what has been happening at Wealthfront Inc., the automated online investment manager, or robo-adviser, that manages about $10.5 billion....

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Mercedes Wants to Borrow Money From You. Should You Bite?

Mercedes Wants to Borrow Money From You. Should You Bite?

Posted by on May 20, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet   By Jason Zweig |  May 11, 2018 10:53 am ET   This spring, tens of thousands of people who own or lease a Mercedes-Benz vehicle are receiving an unusual direct-mail offer: an invitation to invest in short-term securities from Mercedes paying a 2.5% annual rate. That looks like a limousine of yield alongside the...

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The Bottle Imp: A Parable from 1891 for Today

The Bottle Imp: A Parable from 1891 for Today

Posted by on May 8, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Books, Featured, Money in the Arts, Posts |

Image credit: Blown glass flask, Cyprus, 2nd to early 3rd century A.D., Metropolitan Museum of Art     By Jason Zweig  |  May 8, 2018  10:56 am ET   Published in the New York Herald on Feb. 8, 1891 (and freely downloadable from the Library of Congress as originally printed), “The Bottle Imp,” by the great storyteller and...

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