Tag: mutual funds
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Buy these stocks if you think the U.S. dollar will keep getting weaker
[ad_1] Non-U.S. stocks will be particularly attractive to U.S. investors if the U.S. dollar continues to fall against foreign currencies. Many are predicting such a decline. One analyst even expects the dollar to “wipe out all its post-pandemic gains.” A declining dollar DX00, +0.01% benefits U.S. investors in non-U.S. stocks for two reasons: The local-currency…
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These money and investing tips keep you up to speed with the market
[ad_1] Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Beating the 4% rule in retirement has become even easier The potential of a ladder of individual TIPS. Read More As S&P 500 hits 2023 highs, it’s…
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My husband and I are 64. We have $1.5 million in retirement accounts. He wants to travel. I’m more cautious. Who’s right?
[ad_1] My husband will be retiring at the end of August after working a high-pressure job for 31 years. We are both 64 years of age. Both of us have health insurance under my plan. I intend to work at least until I turn 65, when I will be eligible for Medicare, and will likely continue…
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These money and investing tips are designed to fit any stock and bond portfolio
[ad_1] Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Here are ETF themes and categories investors may want to consider in the second half of 2023 U.S. investors in exchange-traded funds rapidly took note of the…
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This incredible chart shows the close relationship between the S&P 500 and Fed liquidity
[ad_1] Earnings, schmearnings. Is what really matters just liquidity? This incredible chart, from Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok, shows the close relationship between S&P 500 SPX, -0.37% performance and net Federal Reserve quantitative easing (QE) since the pandemic began. Here, Fed QE is defined as the Fed’s total assets minus the balance of…
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These money and investing tips can get your stock and bond portfolio into shape
[ad_1] Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS The bulls finally control the stock market and the signs point higher Large-caps are plowing ahead and leading the way. S&P 500 chart offers little resistance until…
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Opinion: 5 investing tips from an Olympic medalist whose fund regularly beats the market
[ad_1] You don’t have to be an Olympic gold medalist to beat the stock market. But it sure helps. How so? Athletes preparing for the Olympics must have the discipline to train for years. This translates directly into the “buy and hold” concept that wins in the stock market — as investor greats like Warren…
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What bull market for stocks? Investors are still sitting on a record pile of cash.
[ad_1] Even with U.S. stocks in a new bull market, investors aren’t showing many signs of backing away from money-market funds and other cash-like investments offering yields of about 5%, the highest in about 15 years. Money-market funds hit a record of $5.9 trillion in assets as of Tuesday, signaling a continuing drain out of…
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Want to earn 5%? Money-market funds give online savings a run for the money.
[ad_1] Money-market funds own around 15% of the Treasury-bill market, according to an estimate from Goldman Sachs. Money-market funds have been luring savers with yields that can beat many bank deposit-account rates, and the resolution of the debt-ceiling drama might increase their appeal even more, experts say. These multitrillion-dollar mutual funds — which held an…