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Today's Stocks & Topics: Timing The Market, Insurance & Inflation, Moving Average, ETFs, New Way to Combat Credit Card Fraud, Steel & Aluminum Tariff, Earnings, Mutual Funds, Sectors, 529 Plan, Dividends, 401k, Natural Gas, Interest Rates.

An investor who has a well-conceived, long-term investment strategy should not be overly concerned with the short-term movements of the market.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Bonds, RHT - Red Hat Inc., CX - Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. ADR, FEYE - FireEye Inc., AMD - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Foreign Stocks, VEA - Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets, MO - Altria Group Inc., NOBL - ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

When making a capital markets forecast, trying to divine what's next for the stock and bond market, some professionals refer to fund flows data sets.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Savings Rate, Buy & Sell Stocks, BGS - B&G Foods Inc., SIVB - SVB Financial Group, AAOI - Applied Optoelectronics Inc., Preferred Stocks, WELL - Welltower Inc., Ultrashort Bond Funds.

It's designed to make a positive return regardless of market condition or asset class - equities, bonds or a combination.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Stock Picking Process, Bear Market, Google, Waymo, Tesla, LITE - Lumentum Holdings Inc., VIA - Viacom Inc. Cl A, Term Insurance, AAOI - Applied Optoelectronics Inc., PDCO - Patterson Cos. Inc., DGRW - WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund.

As you put together an investment portfolio, don't forget to consider liquidity. And don't forget about liquidity in other areas of your financial life.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Bonds, The Economy Picking, Island Reversal, GE - General Electric Co., 200 Day Moving Average, Portfolio Strategy, Dividends, GERN - Geron Corp., ZION - Zions Bancorp. vs. ZIONZ - Zions Bancorp Wt, ACIA - Acacia Communications Inc., FB - Facebook Inc. Cl A., When to Buy and Sell.

CEFs can offer investors a basket of investment assets on the cheap. And they provide juicy payouts that average 8 percent.

Today's Stocks & Topics: Portfolio Rebalancing, YRD - Yirendai Ltd. ADR, Stock Market Correction, ABBV - AbbVie Inc., CVG - Convergys Corp., AGN - Allergan PLC, Date Funds.

Retirement doesn't have to be a time of fixed income. Much of your future income is under your control, and there are ways you can increase it.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Roth I-R-A, 5 Popular Tax Tip You Shouldn't Follow, Inflation, Why You Should Travel, GIS - General Mills Inc., Today's Market, MO - Altria Group Inc., PYPL - PayPal Holdings Inc., DODBX - Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund, DODGX - Dodge & Cox Stk Fund, GLTR - ETFS Physical Precious Metal Basket Shares, Precious Metals, Pros and Cons of Real Estate Partnership.

Gone are the days when you could blindly pick a few equity mutual funds by Google-searching "top equity mutual funds", look at your portfolio after a year, and beam with joy!
Today's Stocks & Topics: AMD - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 1st Time Home Buyers, Private Data, Stock Evaluation, Social Security, CPE - Callon Petroleum Co., Real Estate & Taxes, Short Interest, SKT - Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc., NLY - Annaly Capital Management Inc., Investors Principals.

Investors are sometimes blind to the mistakes they might be making when they use "rules of thumb" and wrong-headed reasoning.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Dividend Reinvestment, Social Security at 70 Years Old, Taxes, Fractional Shares, HDS - HD Supply Holdings Inc., NWL - Newell Brands Inc., XLE - Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, OAK - Oaktree Capital Group, Convert From a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, 403-B.

The same forces that are cruel to stock and bond investors are good for people securing cash.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Stop Order, 5 Year P.E. Range, VOOV - Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF, MU - Micron Technology Inc., SPKE - Spark Energy Inc., Cost Basis, 401k to IRA, KMB - Kimberly-Clark Corp.