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Early 2022 was a period most investors would prefer to forget. Stocks slumped, and the bond market suffered its worst rout in more than 40 years. There was no shortage of culprits: soaring energy prices, rising inflation, higher interest rates and new geopolitical risk in the form of the horrifying war in Ukraine. Moreover, the… Continue reading 37 Ways to Earn Up to 9% Yields on Your Money | Kiplinger

bonds Investors’ personal motives for buying bonds should inform what they do next.I insist it is folly to quit sound investments because of a bad quarter, but the bond market swoon of early 2022 tests my resolve. When superb stuff such as tax-exempt toll-road bonds, taxable infrastructure municipals and BBB corporates suffer losses of 6%… Continue reading Should I Buy Bonds? | Kiplinger

stocks Elon Musk buying Twitter has social media stocks in focus. Here’s what the pros think about the three primary players remaining.Social media stocks are in the limelight following news that one of their own will soon be taken private. Specifically, Twitter (TWTR) put out a press release late in the day on April 25… Continue reading 3 Social Stocks Standing Out in a Narrowed Field | Kiplinger

Elon Musk is buying Twitter (TWTR, $51.70) for $44 billion and taking the social media platform private. Twitter’s board of directors accepted the Tesla (TSLA) CEO’s offer of $54.20 a share late Monday. Thus marks the likely end to a three-week drama that at times appeared to veer between comedy and even farce.  After all,… Continue reading Musk’s Coup Complete With $44B Buyout of Twitter | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today The Nasdaq touched a new intraday low but finished near breakeven Wednesday as two of its biggest components reported earnings.The major indexes managed to mostly stop the bleeding after yesterday’s rout, but they didn’t gain much ground, either, amid mixed earnings reports from a range of blue-chip stocks. Microsoft (MSFT, +4.8%) shares… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Microsoft Delivers, Alphabet Disappoints in Flat Day for Stocks | Kiplinger

Making good stock picks is challenging at any time. But these days, investors must be wary of companies that are vulnerable to higher-for-longer inflation, as well as lingering supply-chain disruptions, rising interest rates and the scary geopolitical situation in eastern Europe.  Some companies hold up better than others in tough times. Firms that lead their market… Continue reading 5 Stock Picks With Bulletproof Profit Margins | Kiplinger

As Robert Burns wrote in his poem To a Mouse, “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men” often go awry. Last year, we added Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) to the Kiplinger ETF 20, our list of the best cheap exchange-traded funds (ETFs) you can buy, because of expectations for an economic recovery. We… Continue reading Ukraine War Takes Toll on Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) | Kiplinger

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has taken the battlefront to space in unprecedented ways. From demonstrating the value of satellite imagery in tracking an opponent’s attack to satellites being held hostage when one of the biggest space players throws its weight around to concerns over satellites being shot out of space, everything from national space… Continue reading Space Stocks: How Russia Is Changing the Game | Kiplinger