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Once in a Lifetime Stress?

You need to check out this stress index. The Kansas City Financial Stress Index is a monthly measure of stress in the U.S. financial...

Stop Losses Don’t Work

Enough with the stop losses. They don’t work for the average investor. They sound good on paper, but most investors don’t watch the market...

Are You Saving Enough for Retirement?

A basic rule of thumb in retirement investing is that you should save at least 25X your desired retirement income. Using the rule of 25,...

5.1% Yields Near Record

You need only follow the money flowing into junk bonds to see how investors are reaching for yield. Over the 16 month period ending...

Kaboom! Go the Dividends

The Federal Reserve has destroyed the portfolios of savers with zero percent interest rates. But investors have loaded up on risk by reaching for...

The Fool’s Gold

We’ve kept you up to date on the import restrictions on gold in India, and some of the ways Indians have been getting around...