Investing

If there’s one thing the financial world will never run short on, it’s suggestions. No matter where you turn in this industry, you’ll find all the investing advice you could ever want. Unfortunately, you’re bound to run into investing myths, too. You don’t have to read Kiplinger or turn on CNBC to find your fair… Continue reading 7 Common Investing Myths, Debunked | Kiplinger

The first session of the holiday-shortened week was a wild one, as a deep Tuesday morning dip evolved into a severely split market featuring pockets of red and green alike. On one side, you had big dips in economically sensitive sectors. Energy (-4.0%) fared the worst thanks to a drastic decline in U.S. crude oil… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Energy Dampens Dow, FAANGs Elevate Nasdaq | Kiplinger

Foreign Stocks & Emerging Markets Emerging markets funds haven’t been immune to global inflationary pressures. But now might be the time to strike on these high-risk, high-reward products.Inflation has been the dominant theme in investing across 2022 – and that goes well beyond domestic equities. Consumer prices have rapidly risen around the world, and even… Continue reading 5 Exciting Emerging Markets Funds to Buy | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Despite a dour ISM manufacturing index reading Friday, stocks broadly managed to pull themselves together and finish well in the black.U.S. equities managed to escape negative territory Friday and finish in the black despite some downbeat economic data – a welcome beginning to 2022’s second half after a dreadful performance through the… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Catch a Second Wind to Start Second Half | Kiplinger

It’s hard to blame investors for wanting to dive into a safe room following the S&P 500’s worst first half of a year since 1970. Fortunately, they can find the protection they seek via defensive exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Sir John Templeton famously quipped that “the four most expensive words in the English language are ‘This… Continue reading 10 Defensive ETFs to Protect Your Portfolio | Kiplinger

Markets Independence Day falls on a Monday in 2022, so the bond and stock markets will enjoy a long holiday weekend. Here’s a look at the markets’ holiday hours.Through the sheer luck of the calendar, investors will be able to enjoy yet another long Fourth of July weekend away from their brokerage accounts. That’s because… Continue reading Is the Stock Market Closed for the Fourth of July in 2022? | Kiplinger

A broad down day for the major indexes put the cherry on the melted sundae that was the stock market’s first half of trading in 2022. The S&P 500 declined 0.9% on Thursday to 3,785, securing a 20.6% decline for the year’s first six months – its worst such performance since bombing out by 21% during 1970’s… Continue reading Stock Market Today: S&P Suffers Worst First Half Since 1970 | Kiplinger

ESG Green hydrogen is in its relative infancy, making related stocks quite volatile. But long-term investors can use that to their advantage.The future is clean energy, or so the International Energy Agency (IEA) hopes. The autonomous, Paris-based intergovernmental organization set a goal of a net-zero economy by 2050, meaning that all greenhouse gasses produced by… Continue reading Hydrogen Stocks: Unstable, But Potentially Explosive, Too | Kiplinger