Investing in U.S. stocks had few bigger fans than the late, great Jack Bogle. “If you hold the stock market, you will grow with America,” the legendary Vanguard founder told CNBC in 2018, less than a year before his death. He famously suggested keeping things simple. Invest through low-cost index funds (such …
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There has been nothing like this GameStop GME, +67.87% saga in recent memory. It’s still early days. But already we can work out some of the groups who are likely to emerge as losers when the dust settles. At least if history is any guide — which, alas, it usually …
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I’ve been fostering a puppy during the lockdown, and he’s quite a character. He has boundless energy and is forever exploring the apartment — over and over again. He barks at things randomly, like the Merriam-Webster Dictionary on the bookshelf. And the kitchen sink. He loves being petted. Sit him …
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Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as Those Middle-Aged Interns A friend in her 50s recently abandoned plans to change career. Although she’s well educated, with a master’s degree, and has plenty of technical skills, retraining was going to require a commitment of four years to get another degree. In your …
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Two modern economists are walking down the street, chatting away amicably, marveling at the perfect wisdom of the stock market. Then one of them looks down, stops, and holds out his hand to stop his companion. “Look!” he says, pointing down. The second economist follows his gesture. And there, on …
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The average U.S. investor must be even higher than the stock market. What else can explain the results of a new survey, which found that, among a sample of 1,500 people here in the U.S. who manage their portfolios, the average person expected the stock market to generate sky-high returns …
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At the risk of sounding like Thomas Friedman, who is famous for getting insights from taxi drivers, when I get in an Uber UBER, +2.14% or a Lyft LYFT, +7.02% I often find myself talking to the driver. About the job, the company, the passengers, and so on. One of …
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Charlie Baker wants answers. The governor of Massachusetts — a Republican, and a former health care executive — wants to know why so many people had to die in nursing homes from the COVID-19 epidemic. “This is one [topic] that’s going to require some pretty-heavy duty analytics,” he said Wednesday. …
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James Wesley Rawles is hunkered down at an undisclosed location west of the Rockies. “I’m not at liberty to say what state I live in,” he told MarketWatch via internet phone. “I live in the inland Northwest… more than two hours from any decent shopping. We could lock our gate …
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