A Korean Secret to Keeping Friendships Strong: Savings Groups
In South Korea, it’s common for friends to form what are known as gyemoim to save for vacations, meals and other social activities.
By Krissi Driver
Economic and Earnings Concerns Begin to Weigh on Stocks
After having few cares about the markets all year, investors are getting nervous as the Fed signals that harsher policies are on the way.
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Invest Well by Keeping Things Simple
You don’t need a lot of mutual funds or exchange-traded funds to build a solid portfolio.
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Farmland Is Valuable, but Buying It Is Tricky for Fund Investors
Arable land is scarce and demand for food is rising. Mutual funds can capture some of that value indirectly.
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Surging Inflation and Volatile Bond Prices Are Challenging Investors
There are remedies for the problems in the bond market, experts say, but none of them are perfect.
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In South Korea, it’s common for friends to form what are known as gyemoim to save for vacations, meals and other social activities.
By Krissi Driver
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, along with governments’ reactions to that, might mean that prices rise. Or they could fall on fears of a global economic slowdown.
By J. Alex Tarquinio
Socially conscious funds often hold lots of growth stocks, especially tech shares. That’s been painful this year, as the stock market has favored value stocks like energy and industrial companies.
By Tim Gray
After falling sharply for weeks, the stock market recovered much of its lost ground, though bonds have kept falling. With major risks unresolved, there may well be worse to come.
By Conrad de Aenlle
A TIPS fund can shield investors from inflation to some extent, but so can other choices, like real estate, dividend-paying stocks and commodities.
By Tim Gray
Inflation and the coronavirus did not hold back the stock market last year, but in 2022, investors face new worries.
By Conrad de Aenlle
Stocks keep hitting new highs and getting more expensive, as if nothing could go wrong, and that’s when it often does.
By Conrad de Aenlle
The world’s highways, ports, electric wires and roads need repair and upgrades. That could be an opportunity for funds investing in infrastructure.
By Tim Gray
Three fund managers found winners in such diverse small-cap niches as energy, consumer electronics and auto sales.
By Tim Gray
The conversion of the first few mutual funds into cheaper, simpler exchange-traded vehicles could herald a broader trend.
By Conrad de Aenlle
After years of lagging performance, practitioners of an old approach to investing are hoping their time is nigh.
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Various types of exchange-traded funds aim to reduce stock market volatility; some work well, but there may be better ways to smooth returns
By Conrad de Aenlle
Diverse investing styles yielded winners, with funds investing in Latin American, clean energy and value stocks all toting up big gains.
By Tim Gray
Once you have set up your stock and bond portfolio, avoiding further action is the most important and also the hardest task, our columnist says.
By Paul B. Brown
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Our columnist is searching for his own niche in a universe dominated by giants.
By John Schwartz
Many stocks in developing nations have underperformed for years, but they could thrive in a post-pandemic world.
By Conrad de Aenlle
Low interest rates and paltry yields prompt money-market managers to waive fees and close funds.
By Brian J. O’Connor
Does the latest twist herald the end of a bull run or the beginning of a shift toward long-neglected niches?
By Conrad de Aenlle
Managers of three of the third quarter’s top-performing mutual funds bet on a music streamer, a solar-panel installer and a beverage-can maker.
By Tim Gray
Once, exchange-traded funds all tried to mirror the market. Now some are trying to beat it, in some cases by concealing their day-to-day trades.
By Norm Alster
Yes, you need to do some math if you want to handle your finances well. But don’t forget your heart. Two new books show you how to use both.
By Paul B. Brown
The yield from a dividend fund can beat the scant rates paid these days by Treasuries and investment-grade bonds, if you can stomach the ups and downs of the underlying stocks.
By Tim Gray
U.S. Treasuries have been the bonds of choice for safe retirement income. But they could deliver no real return for the next decade.
By Carla Fried
After decades of striving for money, our columnist says he is focusing on other things.
By Paul B. Brown
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One of the worst stretches in market history has included one of the most rapid stock rallies. How can investors get through this ordeal?
By Jeff Sommer
As a defensive part of a portfolio, health care has been reasonably solid — and that is a mixed blessing, some analysts say.
By Brian J. O’Connor
Making money in a crisis never goes out of style, our columnist says.
By John Schwartz
The founder of Vanguard, who died on Wednesday, changed how ordinary people invested. Here are some of his tips.
By Amie Tsang
After a big year for stocks in China and India, emerging market stock funds are now attracting attention from bargain hunters.
By Paul J. Lim
We’ve pulled together some of the biggest issues in investing in a quarterly report that can help you navigate the murky waters of finance, with some laughs and lessons along the way.
By Jeff Sommer
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