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Stock Market Sell-Off: This Is the Single Best Investing Move You Can Make Right Now Here's exactly how to protect your money amid market volatility.

U.S. Money Supply Is Increasing Again and Could Portend a Big Stock Market Move: 2 Vanguard ETFs to Buy Now The mega-cap stocks that have been the biggest winners in the current bull market might not lead the way going forward.

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) have soared to new heights in 2024 — here are 4 facts all retirees need to know about mandatory withdrawals from retirement accounts You can thank the 2023 stock market rally for the increase.

Bonds Are Terrible — Why You Should Buy Them Now Bonds haven't been acting like bonds for years.

US homeowners are now sitting on record-setting $17 trillion in 'tappable equity' — and these 5 West Coast housing markets account for nearly 25% of that massive sum Home sweet home indeed.

The stock market rally is running on fumes as earnings growth can't keep up with sky-high prices, top economist says "This is a huge bubble, exceeded only in the 1999-2000 tech mania," top economist David Rosenberg said.

Exploring bonds as lucrative investments The investment landscape is a dynamic and ever-changing field, with various asset classes vying for the title of the most lucrative investment. For a long time, the adage "cash is king" has been a guiding principle for many investors. However, recent trends and market

Warren Buffett's favorite market gauge hit a 2-year high, signaling stocks are heavily overvalued and could crash Warren Buffett has said an extreme reading on his gauge is a "very strong warning signal," and investors buying stocks are "playing with fire."

Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Fed's Powell may rock markets this week Nvidia holds an important conference on artificial intelligence in California. Markets are tense ahead of the Fed's meeting on interest rates.

S&P 500 might crash 60%, a recession is looming, and speculation is rife, warns elite technical analyst Milton Berg Veteran analyst Milton Berg said he's short stocks including Nvidia and Netflix as he believes the market is near its peak and recession may lie ahead.

Broadridge Advisor Solutions Here are a few key cost-of-living adjustments announced by the IRS for 2024.

Broadridge Advisor Solutions Individual bonds and bond funds can both offer an income stream, but there are important differences.

Want to chase the stock-market rally? Read this first. It’s been looking a lot like a bull market.

Even With Fewer Rate Cuts, You Should Still Buy Bonds Markets were too gung-ho about how much the Fed would cut rates this year. But savers with long investment horizons still shouldn’t miss out on the opportunity to lock in 4.5% fixed-income returns.

Fed members just hat-tipped what's next for interest rates Fight the Fed, sure, but for how long?

The stock market’s ‘bad breadth’ is making even stalwart bulls nervous Investors are growing increasingly worried about a near-term pullback as the “Magnificent Seven” becomes the “Fantastic Four.”

What to Expect in the Markets This Week Coming up this week: the Fed's decision on interest rates and earnings from Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and more

One sector is camouflaging the market’s recent deterioration. It can only last so long, says this technical analyst. Tech's doing well, but not much else, and that does not a sustainable rally make

The Curious Stock Market Pattern in Presidential Election Years The Dow Jones Industrial Average behaves in curious ways in election years. Here’s what to expect.

Is the housing market going to crash? What the experts are saying Yes, the housing market has cooled. But there’s wide agreement among experts about one thing.

A 'reverse Goldilocks' scenario could hit asset prices amid a growing disconnect between markets and the Fed on rate cuts, strategist says "For us it's not the growth side of things that is wrong, it's the rate side that has gone a little bit too far too fast, a little bit exuberant."

Stock forecaster who called 2023’s bull run sees 4 ‘clear and present dangers’ spelling 6 months of pain ahead Stocks may be in for a volatile few months, but this is still the Roaring 2020’s, according to Yardeni. Expect the S&P 500 to rally to 5,400 by year-end.

Federal Reserve’s surprise warning – High rates here to stay The Federal Reserve, in an unexpected twist, has signaled a prolonged period of high borrowing costs, quashing any lingering hopes for an imminent slash in interest rates. This move, a clear deviation from the anticipated path, has sent ripples across financial markets and left analysts and investor...

2024 Stock Market Outlook: What a ‘Return to Normal’ Means for Stocks 2024 is lining up to be the first year after the pandemic when we are finally past all the disruptions and dislocations.

What's In The Stock Market Forecast For 2024? Fed rate cuts, AI trends and the election are all factors. Here are the gains analysts see.

Home prices will fall as 'silver tsunami' of baby boomers to unload fresh housing supply, top Wall Street forecaster says More boomers are looking to downsize their homes as the generation ages, freeing up inventory in the market and bringing down prices.

Housing Market Predictions For 2024: When Will Home Prices Be Affordable Again? Hopeful home buyers are getting a welcome holiday gift: declining mortgage rates. Since hitting a 2023 high in late October, the average 30-year fixed rate has receded by over half a percent. The average 30-year fixed rate slid another eight basis points this week to 6.95%, the seventh consecutiv

Here's Why Investors Should Expect a Consolidation-Retracement of Recent Gains Let's take a close look at the charts and data.

Stocks Are 11% Undervalued — 7 Ways To Cash In Now, Morningstar There's a bright side to the S&P 500's sell-off — stocks are now 11% undervalued, says Morningstar. And there are ways to profit.