You’ve probably never wanted expert insight more than today - and never trusted it less. After all, the intelligent, articulate, well-paid authorities voicing these opinions are the ones who created the crisis or failed to predict it or lost 30% of your 401(k) in it.
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With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please - what has happened to eBay?
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Question: I’ve been having an argument with a co-worker about the difference between living “within your means” and living “below your means.” I’m hoping you can settle the issue for us. What do see as the difference between the two terms? ?Mark E., Peoria, Illinois
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It’s a sure sign of the bad times when safe, stable and unexciting insurance companies are cracking up.
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Every major market crash is considered a teachable moment. And the lesson for investors invariably centers on the risk of overreacting to the news, in this case by attempting to flee equities when they’re down. Countless studies have shown that this type of market timing will cost you dearly.
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Question: My wife and I are 27 years old and have contributed to a Roth IRA the past two years. Our money is in a 2040 target-date retirement fund that has about 90% of its assets invested in stocks and the rest in bonds and money-market funds. Should we continue to contribute the maximum to [...]

Alicia Munnell is a Harvard-trained economist. She served as an assistant secretary of the Treasury and is regarded as one of America’s foremost experts on 401(k)s. You’d think she’d be terrific at managing her own retirement, but even she has to fess up to some mistakes. “When my son got married, I took some money [...]

My wife and I recently swallowed hard and bought a tiny cabin on a prime lake-front lot near the Berkshire hills in western Massachusetts where we’d like to retire one day. (At a later date, we’ll build a bigger house.) Were we early, buying before housing prices hit rock bottom? Almost certainly. Are we losing [...]

While few small cap stocks are household names, those in Intrepid Small Cap Fund’s portfolio are bit more esoteric than most.
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