Will Warren Buffett retire? What to look for in his annual letter.

Warren Buffett is an inspiration to retirees everywhere. In the 27 years since he reached what the Social Security system said was his full retirement age, shares of his Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, +0.0...

These money and investing tips can build your portfolio’s offense and defense

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These money and investing tips can warm your portfolio when stocks cool

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Opinion: 6 cheap stocks that famed value-fund manager Bill Nygren says can help you beat the market

These are tricky times in the stock market, so it pays to look to the best stock-fund managers for guidance on how to behave now. Veteran value investor Bill Nygren belongs in this camp, because the O...

I’m about to get $130,000 from a lump sum pension payout, what do I do with it?

I am about to receive a lump-sum payout from a pension plan I was in. It’s around $130,000. Need some advice on the best way to invest this money. I am turning 60 in April and don’t have a 401(k) or I...

These money and investing tips give you tools for the stock market’s ‘January Defect’

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These money and investing tips can keep you afloat if stocks circle the drain

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Here’s a New Year’s resolution: resist the temptation to bet on the top mutual fund of 2022

Beating the stock market is not that big of a deal. What’s really impressive — and what you should be looking for when using performance scoreboards to choose a mutual fund — is one that has beaten th...

These money and investing tips can help you ring in a profitable new year

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These money and investing tips can help give your portfolio a holiday makeover

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Big institutional investors ​are buying ​while retail investors are dumping stock funds and ETFs. That’s bullish for the market.

The stock market’s longer-term prospects are looking up, according to flow data for U.S. equity mutual funds and ETFs. That’s because institutional investors over the past 12 months have poured signif...

These money and investing tips can help you plan for a new year as 2022 comes to an end

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These money and investing tips can fill your portfolio with holiday cheer

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These money and investing tips can help you know when the bull market has come back to stay

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Here’s why the smart money is betting on value stocks to outperform growth

You should be skeptical of the growth story that periodically captures stock investors’ attention. That’s because the companies that Wall Street believes will grow the fastest in the future rarely liv...

These money and investing tips can help your portfolio sail through December

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These money and investing tips can help you see this bear market more clearly

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These money and investing tips can steady your portfolio in this shaky market

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These 27 stocks can give you a more diversified portfolio than the S&P 500 — and that’s a key advantage right now

You probably already know that because of market-capitalization weighting, a broad index such as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.80% can be concentrated in a handful of stocks. Index funds are popular for goo...

This stock market strategist says the coming recession could be the biggest ever. ‘I recommend prayer.’

Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, isn’t one to mince words about financial markets, the Federal Reserve or the economy. Right now he has a few less-than-charitable things t...

These money and investing tips can get your portfolio running again after September’s breakdown

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These money and investing tips can give you a head start when the bulls run again

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These money and investing tips can help you roll with the Fed’s inflation-fighting punches

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These money and investing tips can protect you if the bears take a swipe at this stock market rally

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The U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong against the euro in 20 years. Here’s what happened next.

A gutsy contrarian bet right now is that the strong U.S. dollar will weaken, particularly versus the euro. A secondary bold bet is that U.S. stocks will lag international equities. Dollar weakness wou...

These money and investing tips can help you hit the market’s curveballs

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These money and investing tips can help you be smarter in a bear market that might not be average

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Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market

Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is...

These money and investing tips can be your cure for the stock market’s summertime blues

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These money and investing tips are tools to help fix your broken portfolio

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Your stock portfolio didn’t have to lose so much this year Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here ‘I feel like I am ...

These money and investing tips can be keys to success when stock and bond markets fail

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These money and investing tips are what you need when markets aren’t giving what you want

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