Buying a house is the largest financial commitment most of us make, and the process can be intimidating. It involves making a series of decisions — typically about unfamiliar matters — that will have a financial impact
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Stick with your plan
“If you are going to do better than most, it won’t be by continually anticipating a market crash. That has invariably been an exit ramp onto a dead end street. Tuning out noise and consistently
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The number of today’s workers who are confident they’ll enjoy a secure, comfortable retirement continues to be at odds with their actual preparedness, according to the latest annual Retirement Confidence
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Here's our latest collection of interesting articles on investing, personal finance, and stewardship:
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I'm not a soccer fan, but I'm also not one to miss the opportunity to work a sports reference into an SMI article. So in light of this weekend's World Cup finale, which France won by defeating Croatia 4-2, I'm reminded of
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Way back when, you may have learned this formula in a math or science class: P=F/A — pressure equals force divided by area.
Think of the difference between a garden-hose nozzle on the "shower" setting and a pressure
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Our latest picks for the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
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Investors increasingly are using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in place of — or in addition to — "traditional" mutual funds. SMI executive editor Mark Biller offered a quick primer on ETFs yesterday on Moody
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July 10, 2018
Chris Toadvine
Did you know that according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average 65-year-old man today can expect to live at least 18 more years, while his similarly aged wife can expect to live more than 20 more
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We've just updated SMI's Personal Portfolio Tracker and our monthly Fund Performance Rankings (FPR) to reflect final mutual-fund performance data through June 30, 2018.
(We try to post the Tracker and FPR updates between
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