5 Investing Resolutions to Make—and Keep—More Money In 2018
The start of a new year is the perfect time to adopt healthy new habits, and I’ve found five money-making or money-saving investing resolutions to share.
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Retirement Savings Calculator: Pros and Cons
A retirement savings calculator isn't an exact projection, but it can be a good starting point when planning for retirement.
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Start Investing for Retirement, Not Saving
It's never too early to start saving for retirement. But if you want to protect your money from inflation, you should really be investing for retirement.
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Why Retirement Investing Is Essential
No matter what you’re doing, you need to stop thinking about saving for retirement and start thinking about retirement investing.
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Chinese Stocks on the Rebound
Right now, I think there are some very convincing signs that Chinese stocks, which have been about as popular as used gym socks for a number of years, are about to turn around in a massive way. One Chinese social media giant in seems...
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Success Stories from Cabot’s Investment Newsletters
Investment newsletters are a good, and comparatively cheap, way for individual investors to make money. Here are three Cabot subscribers who can attest to that.
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Drownproofing Your Portfolio
Cabot’s growth advisory letters—Cabot Growth Investor, Cabot Top Ten Trader, Cabot Emerging Markets Investor—use market timing to identify positive market conditions, essentially telling you when the investment surf is up. Their advice is especially important when market conditions are negative. Knowing when to out...
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The Enormous Potential of Chinese Stocks
My stock pick today is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that will give you exposure to the collective performance of all the Chinese stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges. I don’t often recommend ETFs, preferring to research individual companies where I can get edge...
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Fright Night and the Scary Market
It’s hard to ignore Halloween if you work in Salem, Massachusetts. And with the Big Day falling on a Saturday this year and the weather nice, it will likely be an even bigger deal than usual. A quick walk through Salem’s downtown at time...
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Bob Carlson’s Retirement Watch
Retirement Watch was the first publication to cover all the financial aspects of retirement, and it remains the only source of its type. The advice and recommendations are based on independent, objective research on how to increase your financial independence. The goal is provide...
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A Stock Picker’s Market
When I say that we are now in a stock-picker’s market, what I’m saying is that the only people who are making any money in stocks over the past six months are the people who are researching, buying and selling individual stocks.
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America’s Biggest Problems
According to the latest Gallup poll, here are 16 problems Americans consider most pressing.
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Ten Years to Retirement?
Today, I want to speak to a very specific group: those who have 10 years to go before you retire.
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Three Reasons for Owning Individual Stocks
In 2002, the Investment Company Institute found that just about half of all U.S. households owned stock.
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Retirement Savings for Late Starters
You can do well enough to take control of your retirement, rather than just drifting toward it like a canoe heading for the waterfall.
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Is it Time to Buy Bitcoins?
Bitcoins are not issued or regulated by any central authority. The currency system works as an online peer-to-peer network.
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Is it Time to Buy Bitcoins?
Last Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security seized bank accounts belonging to Mt. Gox, the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange. Apparently Japan-based Mt. Gox and its U.S. subsidiary failed to register with the Federal government as a currency exchanger or money transmitter, as required U.S....
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How much do you need to retire?
"How much do you need to retire? (Or, if you are already retired, how much can you safely spend?) These are the most important financial questions that our clients face. Although each family's situation may call for a different answer, there are some that...
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Three Reasons to Own Individual Stocks
I think there are some really good reasons to own individual stocks. Owning stocks is real, it gives you a chance to test yourself.
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Ten Lessons I’ve Learned from the Experts
Editor Chloe Lutts discusses her favorite investing lessons she learned from the Digests' contributors.
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