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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
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Investors exit stock funds for 8th month in a row
The stock market ended up going nowhere in 2011 despite a bumpy ride, and investors continued to hit the exits. For the fifth year running, they withdrew more cash from stock mutual funds than they put in. Bond funds continued to attract new cash. Read More
7 year-end tax tips for mutual fund investors
A surge of cashflow into a business can make it seem like a powerhouse. Yet its bottom line might be underwhelming after taxes and other expenses are figured in. The same can hold true with investing. Read More
Boomers flock to bonds, but do they know basics?
Baby boomers fully embraced the stock market by riding its ups and downs throughout their peak income years. But now that the oldest boomers are turning 65, their focus has turned toward ensuring a steady income from their investments. Read More
Poll finds more boomers working past retirement
So much for kicking back at the lake house, long afternoons of golf or pretty much anything baby boomers had dreamed about in retirement. Read More
A look at the best options for stashing your cash
Cash is king again for many unsettled investors. The crisis in confidence that has spooked investors this summer is prompting many to pull their money from the stock market, with others poised to follow.
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Shoppers lift economy but will they keep spending?
The economy might not be on the brink of another recession after all. Consumers, who drive most economic growth, spent more on cars, furniture, electronics and other goods in July — and more in May and June than previously thought.
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2 years after market low, the little guy is back
As a historic bull market reaches its second birthday, everyday investors are piling back into stocks, finally ready for more risk and hoping the rally has further to go.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has almost doubled since March 9, 2009, when it hit a 12-year low after the financial crisis. And the Dow Jones industrials are back above 12,000, about 2,000 points shy of their all-time high.
Little-guy investors appear to be on board. Since the beginning of the year, investors have put $24.2 billion into U.S. stock mutual funds, according to the Investment Company Institute. They withdrew $96.7 billion in 2010. Read More
Bogle: Don’t trust Wall Street and its numbers
John C. “Jack” Bogle is preoccupied by numbers. At 81, an age when most of us can only hope to be so sharp, the founder of mutual fund company Vanguard Group rattles off data point after data point.
How much have investors earned in the stock market over the last century? Around 9 percent a year. How much of that came from dividend income? About half, with the rest coming from…read more Read More
September, February are worst months in market
No month has brought worse results in the stock market than September. Here is the average monthly price change, from 1950 through July 2010, for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index . . . read more Read More
Stock market apt to stay difficult for some time
Get used to a difficult stock market.
It’s nearly four months since stocks reached their 2010 highs and began falling on investors’ doubts about the economic recovery. Some analysts say it could be another year before investors get up enough confidence to restart the rally . . . read more Read More
