Investment-Articles

April 21, 2022
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Asset Allocation

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN If you live in or have visited a big city, you’ve probably run into street vendors – people who sell everything from […]
April 21, 2022
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A Primer on Dividends

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN When interest rates reach historic lows, some investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks when in search of income-generating investments. When a company makes […]
April 21, 2022
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How the Federal Reserve Works

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN Have you ever taken a close look at paper money? Each U.S. bill has the words “Federal Reserve Note†imprinted across the […]
April 21, 2022
Annual returns for cash, bonds, stocks.

Best-Performing Asset Classes

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN According to Yale University’s Crash Confidence Index, only about 27% of investors are confident the stock market will not crash sometime during […]
April 21, 2022
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Types of Stock Market Analysis

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN There is no shortage of analysis for anyone interested in investing. A search for the term “stock market analysis†turned up over […]
April 21, 2022
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TIPS for Inflation

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN In February 2018, Jerome Powell was appointed as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He became the […]
April 21, 2022
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Estimating the Cost of College

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN It doesn’t take a degree in finance to see the cost of college continues to rise. In its 2017 report, the College […]
April 21, 2022
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Rebalancing Your Portfolio

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN Everyone loves a winner. If an investment is successful, most people naturally want to stick with it. But is that the best […]
April 21, 2022
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Value vs. Growth Investing

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN Looking at their recent track records doesn’t do much to settle the debate. Over the past decade, as a whole, value stocks […]