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No Free Lunch in Dividend Funds
Dividend-stock funds crushed the market, then became wildly popular. Sure enough, investors ended up being left behind.
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How Fast Should You Trade Your 401(k)?
There’s a new trend in 401(k)s: firms that advise investors on how to make frequent switches in and out of funds. Is it really that easy?
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Tapping Your Portfolio in the Great Income Drought
Some desperate investors are turning to oddities like covered-call closed-end funds for income. Here’s a simpler, safer alternative.
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The Japan Syndrome: Rising Rates and Risky Exposures
Low-volatility and high-income assets may not always be as safe as investors believe.
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At Long Last, Could the Dividend Revolution Be Here?
It’s time companies considered paying higher dividends.
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Dow 1,339,410: The Latest Milestone
Depending on how you calculate it, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has already crossed 1,000,000 or is barely above 450.
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Why We Can’t Tell if the Market Is Half Empty or Half Full
Lessons from ‘the worst day in Wall Street history’ and other market crashes.
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Here’s One Way to Beat the Market
Beating the market is easy, if you don’t include dividends in the return of “the market.”
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Will We Ever Again Trust Wall Street?
What will it take for the investing public to trust Wall Street again?