Kiplinger

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Look at the stock fund performance rankings for almost any time frame—one year, 10 years or any calendar year—and a handful of sector funds, which concentrate on a single industry or slice of the economy, will pepper the top of the list. In 2019, for

Kiplinger

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Nobody likes to pay for insurance. But we do it to protect ourselves from unforeseen disaster. Likewise, reducing risk in your portfolio after a long bull market in stocks can ensure you'll keep more of the gains you've racked up, while giving you mo

Evening Standard

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As London hits Tier 2 lockdown conditions and the rest of the UK and Europe takes ever more extreme measures against coronavirus, markets have been extremely volatile. The FTSE-100 closed down nearly 2% yesterday as London’s new restrictions were ann

Kiplinger

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It's always interesting to see what billionaire investors are doing with their money. Sure, you can't match their gains simply by copying every single one of their stock picks, but it can still be helpful (and fruitful) to know what they've been up t

Kiplinger

7 min. di lettura

It used to be that investors asked themselves the question, "How many mutual funds should I have in my portfolio?" They still ask the same question of diversification, but more in terms of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). A portfolio of just two ETFs mi

Kiplinger

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Seasoned investors know that generating superior returns isn't just about putting the right equities into your portfolio. It's also about identifying stocks to sell – whether it's to lock in gains or limit losses – and knowing what companies you shou

Kiplinger

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The stock market always has a few surprises in store, as any investor in 2020 would attest. But by and large, the biggest factor experts are considering as they identify the best stocks to buy for 2021 is the same factor that dominated 2020: COVID-19

Kiplinger

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I've recommended many stocks. But I own just one: Amazon.com (AMZN). As an investment writer, I've learned that it's hard to find an industry that the e-commerce giant isn't disrupting these days. "Amazon's world takeover continues," I wrote shortly

Kiplinger

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"Boy, I would definitely sell Apple if it reached $170 again," a client said to me recently. Like many people, she believed entering a limit order at that price was the logical next step. As we explained, however, writing a covered call option might

Business Today

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If someone were to tell you that one of the Indian companies that have made most money for shareholders in the last few years is a supplier of automotive parts, you would be forgiven for thinking of it as a joke. India’s $120 billion automobile indus

Money Magazine

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One of the biggest dilemmas for ETF investors is which active manager to choose. While some active funds have performed strongly in the past, Stock-spot CEO Chris Brycki says you can’t count on that continuing. He says an Australian share index ETF l

Kiplinger

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"Don't worry, the market always comes back." If you haven't heard this comment yet -- from a well-meaning friend or co-worker, or maybe a concerned financial professional -- you almost surely will. We're all hoping for the best but bracing for the w

Money Magazine

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While interest rates have been dropping, the Australian share-market has surged, as have US shares and Australian listed property. The ASX returned 11.5% – as measured by the S&P/ASX Total Return Index – in the 2018-19 financial year. But the result

Money Magazine

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There are investors who would love to have their own stockbroker on speed dial. Imagine being able to ring up and pick your broker’s brain about the latest initial public offer (IPO) or gossip about the management teams of the biggest listed business

Kiplinger

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Around the beginning of 2018, the volatility of the stock market suddenly picked up. It was a worrying development for most investors, who prefer a smooth ride to a turbulent one. But volatility is a necessary condition if you want to deploy a strate

Kiplinger

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The race to the bottom for fund fees has finally hit, well, bottom. Two exchange-traded funds that launched at the beginning of April charge 0% in expense ratios--at least for the first 14 months. Another ETF, awaiting Securities and Exchange Commiss

Finweek - English

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as traders or investors, we are essentially managing risk and, typically, we focus on the risk of losing money. But risk in the markets is about far more than just losing money. I have written before that one of the great things about investing is th

Kiplinger

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The ink on my last column hadn't yet dried when the market gods presented a potential answer to my problem. (The problem: no cash in my portfolio, which means no ammunition to take advantage of any buying opportunities that might arise.) The possible

Money Magazine

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Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are in some ways the hermits of retirement investing due to their strong preference for staying at home and avoiding the rest of the world. But is all as it seems, and how have they fared during Covid-19? SMSFs are th

Entrepreneur

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Recruiting talent for startups is often referred to as “selling dreams,” because there’s never enough dough to pay people what they deserve. Compensation packages are usually a mesh of modest salaries, opportunistic equity stakes and access to office

Apple Magazine

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Goodbye iPhones and Facebook feed. Hello power plants and bleach. Since stocks began tumbling two months ago, investors haven’t abandoned the market. At least, not all of it. In recent weeks, as they’ve pulled money out of funds that invest in go-go

TechLife News

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Goodbye iPhones and Facebook feed. Hello power plants and bleach. Since stocks began tumbling two months ago, investors haven’t abandoned the market. At least, not all of it. In recent weeks, as they’ve pulled money out of funds that invest in go-go

Kiplinger

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Preferred stocks typically aren't first, second or even third to mind when investors think about what they want to include in their portfolios. But if you're an income hunter and you don't already have these stocks on their radar, you might want to g

Money Magazine

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GOLD WINNER SELFWEALTH Gone are the days when banks had sole claim to the broker market. Investors can now get broking services at a fraction of the cost of bank-backed brokers, providing a cheap but still user-friendly trading alternative that doe

Kiplinger

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Good news for fans of the Kiplinger ETF 20: Following the latest salvos in the brokerage price wars, customers at practically every major online broker can now purchase all 20 of the exchange-traded funds on our list commission-free. Still, investors

Business Today

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ARE COMPANIES failing retail investors or are retail investors failing themselves? Latest shareholding pattern data suggests retail holding in 81 of the top 100 companies by market value is less than 10 per cent. Some companies such as Avenue Superma

NZ Property Investor

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Instant Equity Through Renovating: Often when buying a do-up at a run-down price, then renovating, it will yield an instant equity that will give you a deposit for the next property purchase Successful property investor and mentor Ron Hoy Fong has bu

Kiplinger

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Many millennials are now faced with new realities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. With one in five recently put out of work, when it comes to finances there is a growing feeling of hopelessness for many. These unprecedented times have led to

Finweek - English

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Specialised sector funds in the unit trust sphere are very old, with some of them being initiated in the 1960s. However, their prominence has faded over the years as more general equity and multi-asset funds started to offer larger differentiation an

Business Today

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If there’s one class of investors that has been buying into the India growth story despite gloom on all major economic parameters, it is Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). They have pumped in over ₹92,477 crore, on a net basis, in Indian equities si