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Stock Market Today The S&P 500 and Dow, both eying more record-high territory for most of Thursday, retreated in the session’s final minutes.The path of least resistance for American equities appeared to be higher for most of a slow-news, low-volume Thursday trading session, but an afternoon swoon resulted in modest losses for the major indexes.… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Meander Lower in 2021’s Penultimate Session | Kiplinger

Becoming an Investor Lousy with numbers? Bad with money? That’s OK. By adopting the right mentality, you can learn not only how to invest, but how to do so effectively.When you’re just starting out on your investing journey, sure, it helps to be pointed toward great stocks or funds to build a portfolio. But the… Continue reading 5 Beginner Investing Tips for a Healthy Headspace | Kiplinger

Markets Before investors kiss 2021 goodbye, they’ll need to get through a full day of trading on New Year’s Eve. Is it 2022 yet? Well … almost, but we’re going to have to muddle through one last trading session before we pop the champagne. The stock market is indeed open for a full trading session… Continue reading Is the Stock Market Open on New Year’s Eve 2021? | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today The S&P 500 eked out yet another all-time high Wednesday amid otherwise calm trading in 2021’s final week.The “Santa Claus rally” was back on Wednesday, albeit with little conviction and limited breadth. Another tame day for the broader indexes shifted the spotlight to individual equities, and interestingly, two very different companies’ price… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Dow Up 6 Straight Days, S&P Sets Another Record | Kiplinger

The broader markets absorbed a gut punch Wednesday afternoon after the minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve meeting hinted that the central bank is ready to get more aggressive about tightening monetary policy. Investors have already had weeks to digest both the Fed’s quickened pace of tapering of asset purchases and expectations for multiple… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Fed Shows Its Teeth, Tech Shown the Door | Kiplinger

A disappointing year for small-cap stocks has them poised for outsized returns in 2022, market strategists say. Lost amid some of the euphoria surrounding the broader market just booking one of its best years ever is the fact that small caps as an asset class didn’t exactly go along for the ride.  To recap, the… Continue reading 12 Super Small-Cap Stocks to Buy for 2022 and Beyond | Kiplinger

A multiyear bull market in the technology sector could be on shaky ground in 2022. So while in most years, investors might succeed with a broad-indexed approach to the sector, it might pay to be a stock picker in the space this year. A smart place to start: our 12 best tech stocks for 2022.… Continue reading The 12 Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2022 | Kiplinger

The best stocks of 2021 reflected pretty much all of the market’s major themes from throughout the year.  From the emergence of meme stocks to a huge rebound in oil prices to the continuing saga of COVID-19 and the recovery trade, 2021’s top stocks all rode a wave bigger than themselves. (Just scroll down to… Continue reading The 25 Best-Performing Stocks of 2021 | Kiplinger