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Bond Funds Are Hotter Than Tesla
Investors have been diving into the bond market like never before.
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The Stock Got Crushed. Then the ETFs Had to Sell.
The intense trading in a beaten-down company’s shares shows how important it is for index-fund investors to understand what they own.
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Why Invest? A 22-Year-Old’s Tough Questions About Capitalism
Investment analyst Laurence Siegel tries to convince a 22-year-old skeptic why the future for markets—and the environment—is bright.
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Apple and Microsoft Are Dazzling Investors. That Won’t Last.
The shiniest stocks are driving the bull market higher. But rusty old bargains will eventually have their day.
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The First Columns I Ever Wrote
When it is perverted, language rides the first horse of the Apocalypse.
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The Fund That Does a Lot by Doing Nothing
Voya Corporate Leaders Trust hasn’t made a major change to its portfolio since 1935, but it’s still going strong.
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CFP Board to Tighten Oversight of Financial Advisers
The move follows a Wall Street Journal article that found thousands of advisers listed with clean records had violations, bankruptcies or criminal records.
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The Financial Lesson of 2008-09 That Most Investors Have Forgotten
If your memory minimizes how much you lost in the last bear market, you can easily overestimate how brave you will be in the next one.
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How You Can Get Big Gains That Wall Street Can’t
A dirty secret of the investment business is that fund managers don’t buy and hold. Not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t.
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What Nervous Investors Are Buying to Feel Brave
A buffered annuity protects against market declines. Until those declines get serious.