India and Japan have dominated international stock headlines, but 2024’s real foreign star could be Latin America. The S&P Latin America 40 index rose 34%...
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What If the Market Crashes?
Financial advisors like to remind investors that the best action to take when stock prices plunge is…nothing. Sitting tight prevents you from making foolish mistakes...
Is That Startup a Good Investment Opportunity?
More than two-thirds of startups never deliver positive returns to investors. Is it possible to identify the likely losers in advance? Harvard Business School professor...
Microcap Funds
The prospect of shrinking inflation, interest rate cuts and a soft economic landing in 2024 is good news for stocks, especially microcaps, which have market...
Snoozer Stocks
Top stock fund manager Jeff Auxier thinks boring is beautiful. He made his fortune without investing in flashy crypto or artificial intelligence stocks. Instead, since...
Securitized Income ETFs
The ugly bear market in bonds has left income investors wary of bond funds. But there’s another way to diversify your fixed-income portfolio and boost...
What the History of Interest Rates Can Tell Us About Today’s Rates
In an effort to contain inflation, the Federal Reserve ratcheted up the benchmark federal funds rate from nearly 0% in early 2022 to 5.5% by...
The Stock Market May Double…Maybe Even Triple…by 2034
Consumers and investors are wary these days. The S&P 500 index is at the same level it was at the end of 2021. A recession...
Growth Traps
Growth stocks soared 42% in 2023,* but with a slowing economy and possible recession in 2024, investors need to be wary of growth traps. A...
Best Money Moves in 2024
The economy should continue to grow as inflation subsides, but stock- and bond-market investors can expect greater headwinds…and high interest rates on loans will create...
COVID Contrarians
Many of the pandemic’s stock darlings have crashed, and they won’t rebound anytime soon because consumer habits have shifted. But if you dig deeper, you...
What’s Ahead for 2024?
Wall Street analysts are once again warning of a possible recession and stock market losses as elevated inflation and interest rates finally take their toll...
