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1 min read 2022-05-23 11:45:56

Close but No Cigar

BEAR MARKET territory. On Friday, that phrase was all over the “financial pornography” channel, as commentator Carl Richards labels it. During

2 min read 2022-05-09 13:19:05

HAS THE ECONOMY reached peak inflation? That might be the biggest question in financial markets right now. Economists at several Wall Street firms,

2 min read 2022-05-06 12:17:46

FOR AS LONG AS I'VE been writing about investing—37 years now—grumpy old men have been declaring that the stock market’s party will soon end

2 min read 2022-05-05 13:14:16

DO YOU SEE THINGS clearly when it comes to money? Here’s a test to find out. Which of the following scenarios would you prefer? A 5% raise, but

2 min read 2022-05-05 13:14:16

DO YOU SEE THINGS clearly when it comes to money? Here’s a test to find out. Which of the following scenarios would you prefer? A 5% raise, but

1 min read 2022-05-02 12:38:57

EVERY MARKET DECLINE is different, but all of them can feel unnerving, even for the most steadfast of investors. Spooked by 2022’s financial market

2 min read 2022-04-04 13:09:35

INVESTORS ENDURED a lot in the first quarter, including rising interest rates, high inflation, fears about a recession and news of war. But it’s

1 min read 2022-03-29 13:47:05

KNOWING WHAT RETURN you can reasonably expect from stocks, bonds and other asset classes is valuable because it can help you make more educated

1 min read 2022-03-29 13:47:05

KNOWING WHAT RETURN you can reasonably expect from stocks, bonds and other asset classes is valuable because it can help you make more educated

1 min read 2022-03-28 15:02:57

IT’S BEEN A STUNNING quarter for the bond market. According to Bloomberg, short-term interest rates have seen their biggest jump since 1984, as

3 min read 2022-03-08 13:37:45

I TELL MY CHILDREN that they can’t possibly fathom the amount of information that they have in their hands. I’m part of the last

2 min read 2022-03-07 14:27:04

FOREIGN STOCKS suffered big losses last week. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (symbol: VEA) dropped 6.2% as fears about Russia’s aggression

2 min read 2022-03-02 13:54:57

ACCORDING TO GMO investment strategist Jeremy Grantham, we’re in the midst of a rare “superbubble,” which he defines as a three-sigma event.

3 min read 2022-02-28 13:49:53

EVERYBODY SEEMS to hate bonds right now. Can you blame them? Inflation is at a four-decade high, the Federal Reserve is sure to hike short-term

3 min read 2022-02-28 13:49:53

EVERYBODY SEEMS to hate bonds right now. Can you blame them? Inflation is at a four-decade high, the Federal Reserve is sure to hike short-term