Today I'm going to discuss a fundamental investing distinction between trend-following and predictive strategies. Occasionally I'm reminded that some of these foundational investing building blocks need to be revisited
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Fewer parents of college-bound children are planning to cover all of their kids’ college costs, and those who plan to share the cost are less certain as to how to the bills will be paid. Those are some of the key takeaways
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Here's our weekly roundup of financial news and comment. Enjoy!
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Hurricane Florence appears poised to blast the Carolinas in the coming days, with 1.7 million people currently under evacuation warnings and some 5.4 million covered by various hurricane watches and warnings. It's a
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We've just updated SMI's Personal Portfolio Tracker and also our monthly Fund Performance Rankings to reflect mutual-fund performance data through August 31, 2018.
The Portfolio Tracker is our most popular web tool. It
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Our latest picks for the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
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We've written a fair amount recently about money market funds and other cash options. While that might seem like a boring subject in the midst of a bull run to new stock market highs, the reality is that interest rates
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There are no changes to the DAA lineup for September. Read on for the full details.
DAA is a core portfolio strategy that is designed to help SMI readers share in some of a bull market’s gains while minimizing (or even
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For the first time in two years, a new Sector Rotation fund is being recommended for September. Read on for the details.
Sector Rotation is a high-risk/high-volatility strategy. While its peaks and valleys have been more
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Here's our last-weekend-before-Labor-Day collection of interesting articles on investing, personal finance, and stewardship.
(We're posting a day early to make way for tomorrow's end-of-the-month premium-strategies
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