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Wednesday Q&A Is it ever a good idea to buy a falling stock?
Is it ever a good idea to buy a falling stock? Gregory gives his take on that question in this Winning at Life segment. Do you have questions for Gregory? Press the ASK GREGORY below and your question could be featured next! ASK GREGORY We’re Here to Help Have questions about this week’s content, or…
Read MoreWorried Stocks Are About to Crash? Here’s How to Get Ready.
Our next market downturn could happen soon. Gear up for it before it’s too late. It’s been a volatile couple of weeks in the stock market, and while that’s technically nothing unusual, it’s also reason enough to make many investors uneasy. In fact, given the backdrop we’re looking at — a raging pandemic, a sluggish…
Read More5 Tips to Conquer Your Stock Market Fears
Get past the fear so you can start creating wealth. There’s an old joke about the best way to make $1 million in the stock market: All you have to do is invest $2 million. If that cheesy quip prompted you to break out in a cold sweat, it’s time to face your stock market fears.…
Read MoreBonds Are Sending a Message: Inflation Is Coming
The stock market has been the path to wealth for generations of American families. That’s even though only about half of them have shares; in fact, the richest 1% of U.S. households account for more than half of the equities ownership, according to Federal Reserve data. In most cases, the route that has been taken…
Read MoreThe GameStop stock frenzy, explained
How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar, much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it. By Emily Stewartemily.stewart@vox.com Updated Jan 27, 2021, 11:49am EST Who knew the first big 2021 stock market story would be … GameStop? But here we are. There’s been a boom in day trading and individual investing over the past…
Read MoreThe Fed Could Start Pulling Back on Support Next Year. What That Means for Stocks.
As the economy heats up, the Federal Reserve may start reducing the size of its bond-buying program, removing one layer of stock-market support. In the Fed’s December minutes, released this week, Federal Open Market Committee members highlighted the economy’s recent strength, saying that it has shown “resilience in the face of the pandemic.” The economic recovery…
Read MoreHow concerned investors should be about Biden’s tax proposals
Stocks and taxes: What’s going to happen? The Democrats’ control of Congress is shining a new spotlight on Biden’s tax proposals, particularly those that would affect stocks and bonds. While Biden has repeatedly said he would not raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000 a year, he has proposed: 1) raising the marginal income tax…
Read More‘There’s not enough stocks to go around’ — Cramer says that’s a key factor in market rally
KEY POINTS A lack of investors interested in selling stocks is helping propel the market higher, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “People want to own stocks and there is not enough stock. There’s just not — not yet,” the “Mad Money” host said. Cramer acknowledged the investment landscape during the Covid pandemic has been unusual, saying…
Read MoreKevin O’Leary: ‘Day trading isn’t investing. It’s gambling’ – invest like Warren Buffett instead
Throughout the pandemic, day trading has become extremely popular, especially among young people who, in most cases, have never invested in the stock market before. Coronavirus-induced lockdowns provided some with more time on their hands to try trading apps, like Robinhood, which are seeing a surge in business; millions of Americans are unemployed and may think it is a way to make up for lost income; and a…
Read MoreThe Fed and the promise of a vaccine aren’t enough to protect investors from a ‘reckoning,’ top economist warns
By Shawn Langlois ‘We still have quite a bumpy journey left’ Investors had plenty to be thankful for last week, considering how the stock market behaved in the face of surging COVID-19 cases and some potentially troubling signs on the economic front. By the time Friday’s closing bell marked the end of the holiday-shortened stretch, the…
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