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Derek Thompson wrote the story of the year so far at The Atlantic about how anti-social we’ve become as a society: Some facts and figures from…

A reader asks: Everybody says the easiest way to invest is to simply buy an S&P 500 index fund. However, when you look into the returns…

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One of my favorite market datasets just got its annual update. Aswath Damodaran at NYU publishes a yearly update of returns for stocks (S&P 500), bonds…

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Most investors would like the world of finance to exist in black or white. Just tell me when to buy or sell, get bullish or bearish,…

The U.S. economy has entered Rasputin territory — it just refuses to die. Every time there is something for people to worry about — war, inflation,…

A reader asks: If Bill Sweet’s favorite topic is Roth IRA’s/401K’s, I’d bet his second favorite is tax gain harvesting (in a taxable account). For 2024,…

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The first asset allocation quilt I created for this site covered the ten-year period from 2005-2014. Those returns look nothing like the last 10 years which…