New Thinking on Reverse Mortgages
A reverse mortgage, according to Investopedia, “is a loan. A homeowner who is 62 or older and has considerable home equity can borrow against the value
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How the Fed Affects Individual Investors
It was just a few months ago when the financial community was certain the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates. But, in a speech earlier
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Amazon Could Be the Next Walmart
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has been a great stock market performer and great performance often leads to skepticism. Investors become concerned that the growth cannot continue. That
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How to Trade the Change From FAANG To FAANGUP
The FAANG stocks are the market leaders, a group of tech stocks consisting of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)
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After a One Day Drop of More Than 50%, Is This Company a Buy?
It's unusual to see a multi-billion-dollar company lose more than half of its value in one day. But that happened when Stamps.
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Robots Could Be the Next Big Investment Theme
Robots have been an almost constant theme in the public imagination for decades. Television shows in the 1960s often featured robots in households, making it appear
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Retail Sales Raise Flags for Investors
Many investors and analysts closely watch economic data. The most recent data on retail sales caused many to question the health of the economy. Investopedia explains
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Here’s What Berkshire’s Oracle Buy Really Means
For at least some Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKB) watchers, the recent news from the company might have been surprising. Like all large investors, Berkshire is required
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Now Is the Time to Prepare for the Fed’s Next Move
Traders are pricing in a dramatic shift in Federal Reserve policy. Market expectations of Fed policy can be easily determined and are available to traders free
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This Billionaire Likes Garbage
Billionaire investors can provide useful information to individual investors. As an example of that, we can consider a recent news story from Barron’s: “Bill Gates
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What’s the Fed Put and Does It Mean the Stock Market Will Rally?
Traders and analysts are once again wondering if the Federal Reserve will provide the “Fed put” that can potentially limit the down side of a stock
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Stocks Under $15 With Growth and Income
Low priced stocks can deliver large gains, if the company can be successful. When considering what makes a company successful, many investors turn to earnings. They
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