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The Lazy Man’s Mutual Fund Portfolio
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The Lazy Man’s Mutual Fund Portfolio

David Snowball, PhD | August 28, 2024

Warren Buffett once described his investment style as “benign neglect bordering on sloth.” The Berkshire Hathaway CEO was making a…

Negotiate Your Investment Advisor’s Fees
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Negotiate Your Investment Advisor’s Fees

Bruce Primeau, CFA, CFP, PFS | August 28, 2024

Are you paying too much for investment advice? Using the following checklist could save you thousands each year… Check Form…

Real Estate Tech Stocks
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Real Estate Tech Stocks

John Campbell | August 28, 2024

There’s one area of the market where you can still find tech trading at bargain prices. Real estate has been…

Low-Risk Investments to Beat Wall Street at Its Own Game
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Low-Risk Investments to Beat Wall Street at Its Own Game

Keith Fitz-Gerald | August 28, 2024

Wall Street loves dumb money. It excels at creating hype and stirring up fear and greed, then waiting for small…

Great Ready-Made ETF Portfolios
Mutual Funds & ETFs

Great Ready-Made ETF Portfolios

Agostino Carbone | August 27, 2024

The proliferation of hundreds of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) each year has made investing in almost any asset class simple…but…

Made a Mistake With Your IRA? There’s Still Time to Fix It!
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Made a Mistake With Your IRA? There’s Still Time to Fix It!

Ed Slott, CPA | August 19, 2024

Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) were first introduced in 1974 as simple savings plans for workers who did not have…

What’s a Smidcap?
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What’s a Smidcap?

Ryan Kelley, CFA | July 30, 2024

Nervous that your stock portfolio’s performance depends on a handful of giant tech firms? Move over megacaps—“smidcaps” are about to…

Are You Prepared For the Next Big Stock Market Crisis?
Stocks

Are You Prepared For the Next Big Stock Market Crisis?

Christopher Manske, CFP | July 30, 2024

Sometime in the future, another crisis will send stock market indexes plummeting. Maybe the US will be dragged into war…terrorists…

Capital-Protection ETFs
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Capital-Protection ETFs

Neena Mishra, CFA | July 30, 2024

How does this sound? You invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 for the next year,…

Cautious Investor: Stock-Split 
Advantage
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Cautious Investor: Stock-Split 
Advantage

Neil Macneale III | July 1, 2024

With market valuations inflated and investors uncertain about what comes next, consider one of the more reliable systems for finding…

Bold Investor: Bitcoin Diversifier
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Bold Investor: Bitcoin Diversifier

Adam Blumberg, CFP | July 1, 2024

Worried about rising volatility in this year’s stock market? Perhaps consider adding cryptocurrency to your portfolio…seriously.Bitcoin has long been regarded…

Forever Chemicals
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Forever Chemicals

Timothy Winter | June 11, 2024

One of the largest environmental cleanups is underway. Since the 1940s, man-made polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used to fortify…

The Best Turnaround Stocks Now
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The Best Turnaround Stocks Now

Bruce Kaser | June 11, 2024

Top investment manager Bruce Kaser, CFA, doesn’t get excited about investing in artificial intelligence or chasing red-hot tech stocks. He’d…

What Canaries Can Tell You About theStock Market … and Which Ones Are Most Accurate Now
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What Canaries Can Tell You About theStock Market … and Which Ones Are Most Accurate Now

Robert M. Brinker, CFS | June 11, 2024

Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Samuelson once said, “The stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions.” His…

Indicator Companies to Follow
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Indicator Companies to Follow

Elliott Gue | June 11, 2024

To see the big picture about where the economy and certain stock market sectors might be heading, it pays to…