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The Dilemma Facing a $358 Billion Investing Giant

The Dilemma Facing a $358 Billion Investing Giant

Posted by on Mar 22, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig  |  March 22, 2019 9:00 a.m. ET   You can learn a valuable lesson from the nation’s largest public-pension plan: Be careful how high you set your expectations. You might have to try to meet them. The $358 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System has been studying whether to adopt a new...

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The Hidden Risk When You Own Stocks for the Long Run

The Hidden Risk When You Own Stocks for the Long Run

Posted by on Mar 17, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig  |   March 15, 2019 11:00 a.m. ET   True or false: The stock market is too focused on the short term. The answer seems almost too obvious. Companies often appear to care only about the next three to 12 months. On Wall Street, the long term begins about 30 seconds from now and generally ends a few weeks...

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The First Line of Investing Defense? You

The First Line of Investing Defense? You

Posted by on Mar 10, 2019 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum   By Jason Zweig  |   March 8, 2019 11:47 a.m. ET   The push to require stockbrokers to act in their clients’ best interest is turning into a turf war. The Securities and Exchange Commission, after years of study, should complete new regulations later this year. But several states, no longer willing to wait and see what...

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