Investment

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
College savings calculation worksheet with seven steps.

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 […]
April 21, 2022
Mutual Funds vs Exchange-Traded Funds Comparison.

Mutual Funds vs. ETFs

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 4 MIN The growth of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been explosive. In 2002, there were only 102; by 2020, there were over 7,000 investing […]
April 21, 2022
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Inflation & Your Money

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN “If the current annual inflation rate is only 1.4 percent,1 why do my bills seem like they’re 10 percent higher than last year?” […]
April 21, 2022
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A Look at Diversification

INVESTMENTREAD TIME: 3 MIN Ancient Chinese merchants were said to have developed a unique way to manage their risk. They would divide their shipments among several […]