Investing, Stocks | August 30

With August’s trading winding down, we’re heading into a month that’s known to be problematic. The average September return for the S&P 500 is a loss of 0.62%, and it’s down more often than it is up. And this year, we’re

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Economy | August 30

When it comes to investors’ outlook for next year’s presidential election, health-insurance stocks are among the best proxies. And right now, the pendulum is starting to tilt away from Donald Trump.Managed-care companies have been roiled by Democratic proposals that would upend

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Economy | August 30

It’s all or nothing in the U.S. stock market.The S&P 500’s top constituents have shown a greater tendency to move in the same direction over the past month than at any time since the aftermath of the Brexit referendum in 2016.

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Stocks | August 29

Last week, President Donald Trump ordered United States companies to move their China-based operations elsewhere. The news sent the S&P 500 down by more than 2.5% in a single day of trading. The decline provided investors with some cheap stocks to

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Stocks | August 29

US-China trade tensions are playing havoc with the market right now. “Our year-end S&P 500 price target of 3100 represents a 9 percent return from the current level,” wrote Goldman Sachs' chief US equity strategist David Kostin recently. “However, US-China trade

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Stocks | August 29

Stocks are volatile these days – between trade wars and President Trump’s twitter habit, it seems there’s always something to push the markets around. Last Friday’s trading saw a sharp drop of 2.5% in the S&P 500, Monday gained some back,

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Investing, Stocks | August 29

As the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury note plunges to another all-time low in this morning's trading, the reality of the inversion in the bond markets is upon us.  As of this writing, the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury

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Investing, Stocks | August 28

Over the past several months, I have discussed the importance of various 5G stocks to buy. Of course, such a notion is nothing new. This latest telecom innovation represents a paradigm shift within the industry. Major players and even government bodies

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Investing, Stocks | August 28

These days technology seems to be everywhere. From banking to our workplace, our lives are becoming ever-more linked to technology and digitized. That’s why overweighting tech stocks makes a ton of sense for the long haul. And believe it or not,

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Stocks | August 28

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) famously doesn’t pay dividends – it has better things to do with its shareholders’ cash – but Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett sure loves collecting them. In 2018 alone, Berkshire raked in $3.8 billion in dividends – “a

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