Smart Investor: What’s Next for Bond Yields, 40 Newly Cheap Stocks, and Tech IPOs
With just a couple of days to go in 2024, the Morningstar US Market Index is on track for a second consecutive year of ...
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Your financial adviser has a plan for your money. But what if it's their plan too?
To get you to follow their advice, your adviser says, "I do this for myself." Is that good enough? If doctors want you to follow a treatment plan, they may say, "I do the same thing" or "I give the ...
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'I don't want to spend my remaining days living hand to mouth': I divorced my husband and remarried. Can I claim his Social Security?
I divorced a man who has been very successful, making a six-figure salary. I did everything you would expect during a three-decade marriage. I raised our children, helped my husband get to where he is ...
Gold or bitcoin? Here's the case for adding both to your portfolio in 2025.
Cryptocurrencies and gold have been rounding out an impressive year, with bitcoin and the precious metal both lifted to record highs. That's one of many things digital and physical assets suddenly had ...
'My stepmother makes me feel unwelcome': I bought a house for my father in 2008, but now he wants me to sign over a 50% share for his third wife
You are your stepmother's stepson - not her stepfather.
'He's 70 and fairly wealthy': I met the love of my life three years ago. How do I politely ask that he include me in his will?
I'll get right to it. I met the love of my life and we are now in an almost three-year relationship. He's 70 and fairly wealthy. I'm 77 and independent, but not wealthy. I own my own home, as does he.
Financial advisers go 'beyond the numbers,' bringing in retirement coaches to offer well-rounded advice
As some financial advisers become more technology-driven and as low-cost robo-advisers gain more traction, financial planner Casey Weade is taking a different approach to retirement advice - one that ...
The coming global interest-rate collapse will force the Fed to cut four times in 2025
The December FOMC statement and "dot plot" signaled that the Fed is pivoting from focusing on unemployment back to controlling inflation. The signals point to the Fed pausing after two more rate cuts ...
Fund managers see AI delivering big gains for these 5 stocks - including Duolingo
To find some of the best examples of cutting-edge companies using AI to boost growth, I turned to Baron Capital, manager of the Baron mutual fund family. Many of the firm's funds outperform because of ...
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These two tech giants just ended a bitter court battle. Now comes the hard part.
Arm and Qualcomm have become the worst best partners. Late last Friday afternoon, inside the U.S. District Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., the jury in a bitter case between two computer-chip giants, ...
Biden's gift to Trump: a golden opportunity to supercharge the economy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to Washington with a golden opportunity to continue the country's accelerated economic growth. Over the past eight years, U.S. GDP has increased 2.5% annually ...
Lumps of coal for Wall Street money managers - again
The most and least popular asset classes among big investors emerge from the highly regarded monthly Bank of America Securities Global Fund Manager Survey, which typically talks to about 200 asset ...