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# These money and investing tips can give you a parachute when financial markets demand a leap of faith

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Company insiders’ gifts of stock to charity are usually a telltale sign of a top in the price

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Stock market valuations have been higher for 20 years — is the change permanent?

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Why the health-care sector — not gold — is the best inflation hedge

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How inflation’s bite makes bonds riskier than stocks

You’d have to hold U.S. Treasury bonds for 57 years to not lose to inflation.
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Why daylight savings and ‘March madness’ could cause you to lose sleep over your investments

Stocks — and investors — struggle during the college basketball championship and the ‘spring-forward’ time change.
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These investment newsletters’ favorite value stocks have widely outpaced growth stocks

The “value” proposition still holds: Since November, the return on a basket of value stocks totals 53% compared with 11% for the S&P 500.
These investment newsletters’ favorite value stocks have widely outpaced growth stocks

Here’s the secret of how great companies get to the top of their game

Quality managers boost a company’s performance, employee morale and stock price.
Quality managers boost a company’s performance, employee morale and stock price

What if past performance is a guarantee of future results, after all?

Funds that have tended to outperform in recent years have been recent winners, while recent losers are the ones that have lagged.
What if past performance is a guarantee of future results, after all?

It’s time to stop calling brokers ‘financial advisers’

Regulations and reforms to protect investors aren’t working and need repair.
It’s time to stop calling brokers ‘financial advisers’

How financial advisers can talk about their fees so clients understand just how much they’re paying

Be transparent and cover every detail.
How financial advisers can talk about their fees so clients understand just how much they’re paying

Here’s how working from home may (or may not) affect your taxes

Many Americans had to work from home amid the pandemic and are looking into what kind of tax breaks that may provide. Here’s what to know.
Here’s how working from home may (or may not) affect your taxes

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