The last few years in the stock market have been a weird and wild ride, for sure. There seemed to be no end to the rise of so-called growth stocks, … Read more →

Once again the whole world seems to be rushing toward the end of December, headlong into a long holiday break. Soon, however, it will be over and a new year … Read more →

Americans have a lot of money saved up in workplace retirement plans — around $10.4 trillion and counting. Given that the average American has up to 12 jobs over a … Read more →

Every investor feels it, at one time or another — return envy. You might be in a mutual fund that has given you great reason to rejoice over the decades. … Read more →

You’ve probably heard the stock market adage “Sell in May and go away.” The idea, broadly, is that stocks tend to under-perform over the summer months, from the end of … Read more →

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future, as baseball legend Yogi Berra would put it. It’s even harder to make even broad guesses about the future of your … Read more →

Stock markets go up and they go down — normally. In fact, in any given calendar year, even in years with positive returns, you will see moments when the overall … Read more →

One of the ways that Congress collects taxes from citizens is by taxing investments. You pay a tax when you sell a stock at a gain, for instance, which is … Read more →

Stocks keep going up and up. How long can that last? First, some terms. One popular rule of thumb is that a bear market is a decline of more than … Read more →

Feeling edgy about the stock market? Don’t be embarrassed. It’s a perfectly normal feeling. Any time things go well it’s understandable that you might take a step back and ask, … Read more →