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3 min read 2022-01-18 15:00:49

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MANY FOLKS SPEND December frantically hunting for ways to cut their taxes, whether it’s realizing losses in their taxable investment accounts,

1 min read 2022-01-16 15:13:58

CRYPTOCURRENCIES have come under selling pressure over the past few months. That might have some readers thinking about buying the dip in, say,

4 min read 2022-01-16 15:00:49

I’LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT today’s topic isn’t the most upbeat. I want to talk about risk—and, specifically, some of the underappreciated risks

9 min read 2022-01-15 13:00:33

JUST AS ANYONE around on Sept. 11, 2001, Nov. 22, 1963, or Dec. 7, 1941, remembers where they were when they first heard the news, one date resonates

9 min read 2022-01-15 13:00:33

JUST AS ANYONE around on Sept. 11, 2001, Nov. 22, 1963, or Dec. 7, 1941, remembers where they were when they first heard the news, one date resonates

5 min read 2022-01-14 18:00:00

Turbocharging your emergency fund When circumstances change, we must change with them. A traditional emergency fund is enough cash to survive for

3 min read 2022-01-11 00:53:24

MINUTES FROM the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which were released last Wednesday, roiled financial markets. Stocks fell

3 min read 2022-01-07 15:00:44

ONE OF THE GREAT pleasures of having grown children is seeing them do things better than you ever did. My son, who’s in his mid-20s, is already

3 min read 2022-01-04 15:00:13

“WHEN THE FACTS change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Those words are sometimes attributed to Paul Samuelson, one of the the 20th

3 min read 2022-01-04 15:00:13

“WHEN THE FACTS change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Those words are sometimes attributed to Paul Samuelson, one of the the 20th

1 min read 2022-01-01 13:18:09

LET’S NOT CALL THEM resolutions because that imposes a sense of obligation. Rather, think of these as adjustments that could give you—and maybe

3 min read 2021-12-28 15:00:40

“HELP, I'VE FALLEN and I can't get up.” It wasn’t too many years ago that I viewed that commercial as humorous. No more. A few days ago, my

3 min read 2021-12-27 15:00:11

QUANTITATIVE EASING, or QE, has been the Federal Reserve’s policy of choice since interest rates reached their lower bound of 0%. The brainchild of

3 min read 2021-12-27 15:00:11

QUANTITATIVE EASING, or QE, has been the Federal Reserve’s policy of choice since interest rates reached their lower bound of 0%. The brainchild of

5 min read 2021-12-19 15:00:10

LAST WEDNESDAY, the Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee concluded its quarterly meeting with two big announcements. First, the Fed is going