Despite the hand wringing over a coming recession and sentiment levels dropping to all-time lows, the June employment report showed that the U.S. economy is alive and well.
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The toxic combination of a four-decade high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hike campaign has increased the odds of a recession within the next year.
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Despite your fervent wish to avoid down markets at all costs, I have bad news: being a long-term investor means that you need to do just that.
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Amid the backdrop of war in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia, Federal Reserve officials are trying to lift short-term interest rates from the emergency levels that have been in place for two years.
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Given that the post-COVID inflation spike will persist, it’s time to dust off some inflation-fighting strategies that consumers used four decades ago.
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In the early part of 2022, investors were introduced to something they barely recalled from the early days of COVID: scary stock market losses.
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As we prepare for another inflation report, here are four questions that have been top of mind for readers, listeners, and viewers about supply shortages that are contributing to price increases.
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In March, I wrote about how investors should prepare for inflation and then two months later, I wondered whether high prices would persist. So far, the answer to that question is a resounding, “at least for a while!”
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While debt run amok can be dangerous, using credit to your advantage is a smart way to manage your personal life.
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