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The Tax-Free Lifetime Income Stream that Pays Up to 76% MORE than Social Security
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Antiques Investing: The Great Antiques Bust
Prices for many antiques are way down, and could have farther to fall, according to this article. In fact, it appears that many “antiques dealers” have changed their businesses entirely and not dealing at all in older items. This article has some theories about why this happened. Even New York’s prestigious Winter Antiques Show has […]
The Changing S&P 500
The market rally the last few years has been uneven, and that’s led to technology stocks dominating the S&P 500. S&P doesn’t rebalance the S&P 500 index on a regular basis. It generally lets the market do that, as the weight of different stocks and especially sectors changes over time. Sometimes the changes can be […]
Investing Strategy 101: The Problems With Earnings Reports
This article surveys the little techniques corporate management uses to make it difficult to read earnings reports, and especially to compare one report to its predecessors. Even experienced corporate report readers would benefit from this review of the tricks to watch for. On top of the usual accounting manipulation that takes place on the bottom […]
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Highlighting a Spectacular Earnings Season Earnings season for the fourth quarter of 2017 ended last week, and it was an outstanding season. A key point to keep in mind is that analysts increased their estimate forecasts through the quarter as the economic data became stronger. In fact, the rate of forecast increases was the most […]
Apple Agrees: Time To Buy and Invest in Commodities
I pointed out last year that it was a good time to buy commodities. Supplies are down and will take a while to recover. Plus, inflation is rising. Apple agreed and showed it by deciding to buy cobalt directly from producers. Cobalt is essential in producing batteries, and Apple needs to ensure a supply at […]
Investing Half Your Assets in Emerging Markets
Jeremy Grantham, a founder of GMO, says that he’s so optimistic about the returns of emerging markets in coming years that he’s telling his kids to put more than half their retirement assets in emerging market stocks. Grantham’s made it clear over the last year or so that the best opportunities in global markets are […]
The Dog That Didn’t Bark
What was a unique feature of the recent stock market sell- off? Give yourself a prize if you said the limited action in the bond market, especially high-yield and corporate bonds. High-yield bonds are correlated more with equities than with government bonds, so when stocks have a correction, there’s usually a jump in high-yield bond […]
529 College Saving Plans
Active versus Passive Investing
Art and Collectibles Investing
Asset Allocation
Bear Market
Bonds and Tips
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Commodities
Cryptocurrencies
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Dividend Investing
Endowment Investing
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Financial Crisis
Global Markets
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Gold and Silver
Hedge Funds
Index Investing
Interest Rates and the Yield Curve
Investing for Children and Grandchildren
Investing Strategies
MLP's
Momentum Investing
Mutual Funds
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Portfolios
Real Estate Investing
Risk Management
Shiller
Smart Beta
Stock Market Bubbles
Stock Market Crash
Stock Market Votality
Stock Markets and the Economy
Stock Valuations
Stocks
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Warren Buffett
