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My outlook for investing in 2025: 2-0-2-5
2024 largely came in line with what we had expected for a steady but solid economy. And 2025 looks to be more of the same.
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Crash test dummies
By Joel Dresang New research shows that individual investors vastly overestimate the probability of stock market crashes, in part because of what they see in the news. Anticipating risks is important, but letting short-term incidents muddy long-term plans can be harmful. Often, what worries us today doesn’t even matter to the future plans we disrupt. […]
Downside protection for investors
Investors can’t foresee when news events will disrupt markets, but they can set up and monitor downside protection for their portfolios. Kyle Tetting explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]
For What It’s Worth: Sell in May
The idea of a summer sell-off comes from a sense that stockholders should vacate the market while traders are distracted.
For What It’s Worth: Bucks
When President Obama referred to earning “some serious Tubmans,” he reminded us that we like to use slang when we’re talking money. […]
Focus on fundamentals to face volatility
Earnings and interest rates drive stocks in the long run, Steve Giles says, and investors should on those fundamentals, especially when markets are volatile, as they have been to begin 2016. Steve explains more in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]
Bonds also face investment risks
All investments contain risk. Even bond holdings – typically considered safer than stocks – face possible shortcomings, especially as interest rates rise. In a MONEY TALK VIDEO, Tom Pappenfus talks about how investors can assess bond risks in their portfolios. […]