Investing

When you start investing, one of the first concepts you’re likely to encounter is “value investing”. Like many terms in investment, “value” is not easy to pin down precisely. As Charlie Munger, the business partner of famous US investor Warren Buffett, put it: “All investment is value investment, in the sense that you’re always trying to… Continue reading What Is Value Investing?

Morgan Stanley recently said that it expects U.S. home prices to drop by 7% between now and December 2023. That might not seem like a lot, but if its prediction comes true, it would be the second-largest decline in housing prices since the Great Depression. That’s not going to be good for the stock market.… Continue reading If Home Prices Fall, Will Stocks Follow?

6 Retirement Wealth Strategies to Start Young, Finish Strong To build a nest egg that will see you through retirement, it helps to start young. Here are six steps to get going. By Alvina Lo • Published 11 October 22 For 529 Plans in a Bear Market, Timing Is Everything If your child is close… Continue reading wealth management: Advice, News, Features & Tips | Kiplinger

Stocks closed lower Monday in a choppy session noticeably light on volume. A lack of economic news – and the fact that the bond market was closed in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day – helped make for a quiet day of trading.  Still, heightened anxiety over central bank tightening (opens in new… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Fall for Fourth Consecutive Session

Trading can be exhilarating. It’s like holding your breath on a roller coaster, getting ready to let out a scream of excitement or pure terror. It’s filled with a wide range of emotions, from utter happiness to sheer disappointment. It strengthens us, and most important, it equips us with freedom, ownership and optionality. Every day… Continue reading Don’t Be Afraid to Jump into Investing, Women: It Can be Fun

The typical short-term taxable bond fund has lost a hard-to-swallow 4% to 6% this year through Sept. 9. Fast-climbing interest rates exacted this heavy cost, usurping two years or more of yield. But you know that.  So here’s a query: What is the typical growth rate of these funds’ cash distributions since just before the… Continue reading Bond Funds Turbocharge Payouts

One of the main reasons Americans save and invest is to create income that will help fund their retirement. And while investing is serious business, it also can be fun and intoxicating. In fact, maybe a little too fun and too intoxicating at times. As a result, some people get so caught up in playing… Continue reading Don’t You Dare Fixate on the ‘Game’ of Investing

Stocks opened sharply lower Wednesday following two straight days of red-hot gains as yields on government bonds resumed their recent climb. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped 13.6 basis points to 3.753% after today’s round of data pointed to a resilient U.S. economy. (A basis point is equivalent to 0.01%.) The economic reports released this morning… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Lower After Roller-Coaster Session