Here’s Why Missing the Ten Best Days Could Be Good For Investors
It’s a chart that financial planners like to pull out when the stock market sells off. Recently, the story was told by MarketWatch and included
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Prohibition Is Over: How Marijuana Differs from Alcohol
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Many communities
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This Looks Like the “Near Bear” Market of 2011
Officially, there hasn’t been a bear market since 2009. The S&P 500 bottomed in March of that year after falling more than 55%
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The Best Trades for November
Stocks fell sharply in October but that doesn’t mean they won’t rally in November. That’s the challenge investors now face. If there’s
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The S&P 500 Gave An Important Sell Signal
With the recent sell off, many analysts have noted that the S&P 500 dropped below its 200 day moving average (MA). This can be
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Five S&P 500 Stocks With the Most Downside Risk
The stock market is in the midst of a pull back. Formal definitions of bear market markets require waiting for major market averages to decline by
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A New Worry for Stock Market investors: Home Prices
Traders like to say things aren’t a problem until they are. In other words, higher interest rates aren’t a problem for the stock market
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This Group of Stocks Could Help Income Investors Ride Out a Bear Market
As stocks sold off, almost all stocks declined. That is truly the way prices move in a sell off and almost all stocks should be expected
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Khashoggi’s Impact on Investments
One of the tragic stories in the news the past few weeks has been about the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared after entering the Saudi
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Another Reason to Prepare for the Bear Market
Stocks in the U. S. have been volatile lately and volatility implies an unusually large amount of downside risk. That fact alone has made some traders
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What the Fed Could Mean For Your Portfolio
When minutes from the September meeting of the Federal Reserve were released this week, traders received confirmation that the Fed is likely to continue raising interest
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This Is Why Headlines Can Be Hazardous to Your Wealth
Investors have a simple goal. They want to make money. They can do this by finding stocks that go up and avoiding stocks that go down.
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