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Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) were first introduced in 1974 as simple savings plans for workers who did not have pensions. But over time, they...
What’s a Smidcap?
Nervous that your stock portfolio’s performance depends on a handful of giant tech firms? Move over megacaps—“smidcaps” are about to shine. There is serious potential in...
Are You Prepared For the Next Big Stock Market Crisis?
Sometime in the future, another crisis will send stock market indexes plummeting. Maybe the US will be dragged into war…terrorists will attempt a 9/11-like incident…a...
Capital-Protection ETFs
How does this sound? You invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 for the next year, and no matter what happens,...
Cautious Investor: Stock-Split Advantage
With market valuations inflated and investors uncertain about what comes next, consider one of the more reliable systems for finding winners—stock splits. Every year, a...
Bold Investor: Bitcoin Diversifier
Worried about rising volatility in this year’s stock market? Perhaps consider adding cryptocurrency to your portfolio…seriously. Bitcoin has long been regarded as a fringe asset...
Forever Chemicals
One of the largest environmental cleanups is underway. Since the 1940s, man-made polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used to fortify products from carpeting to nonstick...
The Best Turnaround Stocks Now
Top investment manager Bruce Kaser, CFA, doesn’t get excited about investing in artificial intelligence or chasing red-hot tech stocks. He’d rather pick through the stock...
What Canaries Can Tell You About theStock Market … and Which Ones Are Most Accurate Now
Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Samuelson once said, “The stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions.” His wry observation was intended to...
Indicator Companies to Follow
To see the big picture about where the economy and certain stock market sectors might be heading, it pays to follow certain “indicator” companies. Elliott...
Offbeat Stock Market Indicators
To predict markets, investors turn not just to official government and business data but also to offbeat indicators that measure popular trends. Problem: These indicators rely largely...
High-Yield Muni Bond Funds
Fixed-income investors looking for high yields may want to peruse the riskier segment of the municipal (muni) bond market. Lower-quality bonds, issued by turnpike authorities,...