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Summer is peak hurricane season, and it’s never the same from one year to the next. To help you understand what is going on and what we expect to happen in the future, our highly-experienced Kiplinger Letter team will keep you abreast of the latest developments and forecasts (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger… Continue reading Watch Out for Bad Hurricanes This Year Due to Warmer Seas: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

When investors think about the stock market, they tend to characterize it in one of two ways: It’s either a bull market or a bear market, with a clear direction, up or down. But there’s a third option, and we’ve been living it the past year. Call it a trading-range or sideways market. If you… Continue reading Where to Invest for the Rest of 2023

The past couple of years have shone a bright light on one of the many virtues of dividend growth stocks – and by extension, dividend growth ETFs. Inflation eats away at the power of the U.S. dollar, and over the past few years, it has been feasting. In 2021, America suffered a 7% annual inflation… Continue reading 6 Dividend Growth ETFs to Buy

If only I had understood how important it is to start investing early. My parents came from modest backgrounds and so, when raising their kids, didn’t have much money to invest, let alone investing knowledge to share. By the time I had learned and earned enough to start investing, I wanted to make sure the… Continue reading What I Learned From a Family Investing Competition

Sameer Samana is a senior global market strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute, the global investment strategy arm of Wells Fargo Bank. Read on as we ask Samana about opportunities in the current market, as well as the phases of a bear market and which sectors to avoid. What’s your outlook for the stock market… Continue reading How to Survive the 2023 Stock Market

Six months into 2023, S&P 500 companies are operating differently than they did a year prior.  As companies adjust their business plans to keep up with the economy, they spend more in some places while cutting drastically in others. To help you understand what is going on and what we expect to happen in the… Continue reading S&P 500 Companies Are Reducing Buybacks: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Stocks headed into the long holiday weekend on a quiet note.  As a reminder, both the stock and bond markets are closed Monday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.  Following a busy few days that saw more signs of easing inflation and a Fed pause, today’s focus for those who stuck around was… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Nabs Longest Weekly Win Streak Since 2019

Connecticut’s legal adult-use cannabis market may be young, but it is already experiencing great success. In May, adult-use recreational marijuana sales eclipsed medical sales for the first time in state history. This is a great milestone for the people of Connecticut and it is a great sign of what could happen in the foreseeable future.… Continue reading Cannabis Companies Get Some State Tax Relief: This Week in Cannabis Investing