As companies grow to become some of the largest firms trading on the US stock market, the returns that push them there can be impressive ...
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Stock returns are volatile, but nearly a century of bull and bear markets shows that the good times have outshined the bad times.

• From 1926 ...
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Some investors favor a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) approach to deploying their investment capital. Unlike lump-sum investing, in which the full amount of available capital is invested up front, ...
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This week, Robin Powell, a UK-based investor advocate, writes in his The Evidence-Based Investor blog: "If global stock markets have taught us anything this year, ...
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A top-heavy stock market with the largest 10 stocks accounting for over 20% of market capitalization and a marquee technology firm perched at No. 1? ...
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Our popular brochure, "Pursuing a Better Investment Experience," has been updated with data through 2019. It describes principles for investing in the capital markets that ...
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Do you find it puzzling when a bleak economic report emerges from the press, only to be accompanied by a positive surge in the stock ...
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With recession concerns intensifying in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may be wondering whether small cap stocks are poised to struggle. Are small ...
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With activity in many industries sharply curtailed in an effort to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus, some economists say a recession is inevitable, ...
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A famous American football coach once said, “You don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.”1 The implication is that, in ...
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The Senate passed the Stimulus Bill last night. Here are a few quick takes.

• The bill will provide a one-time $1,200 payment if ...
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Stocks swing upward on coronavirus stimulus package hopes
Fortune
Mar 17, 2020
Erik Sherman I think right now the market participants only care about coronavirus containment and COVID-19 ...
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Did Trump's Coronavirus Address Do More Harm Than Good? Analysts Weigh In
International Business Times
Mar 12, 2020
Marcy Kreiter EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE Dejan Ilijevski, investment adviser and ...
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Don’t Let The ‘CoronaCrash’ Mess Up Your Retirement
Forbes
Mar 12, 2020
Chris Carosa, Senior Contributor EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE "Market downturns and volatility spikes aren’t unique—even those that ...
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Sudden market downturns can be unsettling. Historically, US equity returns following sharp downturns have been positive (see chart).

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As you know, market downturns and bouts of volatility aren't rare events—even those that grow out of health crises such as the SARS (severe acute ...
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