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Wall Street Has It Wrong. You’re a Smart Investor.

Wall Street Has It Wrong. You’re a Smart Investor.

Posted by on Feb 25, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig  |   Feb. 22, 2019 11:00 a.m. ET   For decades, Wall Street has claimed that professional investors are “the smart money” and individuals “the dumb money.” That’s been one of the most cynically lucrative propaganda campaigns in history, with billions of dollars in fees and commissions flowing to people...

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FDR Weighs In on the Buyback Debate

FDR Weighs In on the Buyback Debate

Posted by on Feb 9, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig |  Feb. 8, 2019 11:40 a.m. ET   Eighty-three years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a new plan for tackling income inequality. FDR argued companies were intensifying the gap between rich and poor not by showering investors with too much wealth—but rather by paying them too little. “The evil has...

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Raising Your Own Rates Even if the Fed Won’t

Raising Your Own Rates Even if the Fed Won’t

Posted by on Feb 2, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig | Feb. 1, 2019 6:00 a.m. ET   The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that it will be “patient” before raising interest rates again, but you should put your money in motion. In a few minutes and with a few clicks of a mouse, you can crank up the yield on your cash by two percentage points, often adding...

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