No one likes a killjoy at the party and the party is in full swing on Wall Street today, with the Dow up 200 points before lunch and the S&P…
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Stocks have been dead money for a year. Forget about making a return, most people would be happy to break even. These are times when small investors discover that your…
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Black swans get kind of a raw deal based solely on the color of their feathers. No one really wants them around and, at one point, no one was sure…
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It’s no secret that investors turn to precious metals as an alternative when the stock market is extremely volatile or there is a downward trend or poor economic outlook. This…
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The market gives and market takes away, overall 2016 has been okay but not spectacular. It’s worked out for me because I shifted a bunch of money into an S&P…
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“$YOLO hoping for a gap up today!” one breathless day trader posted on Reddit. YOLO is an acronym for You Only Live Once and it’s the modern battle cry of…
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If you’ve ever heard the investing phrase “sell in May and go away” you may get a reminder of why that phrase is significant this year. Stocks and the U.S.…
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If making money was easy, everyone would be rich. The fact that the majority of people in the United States are poor tells you something about investing. It also tells…
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Sometimes there’s no way to put a happy spin on the economic news and this is one of those times. The Royal Bank of Scotland issued this simple assessment of…
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For much of the most productive era in American history the middle class was the dominant force in the country. The nation was so aligned along that center of the…