Read here for wealth-building strategies for every age: maximize compounding in your 20s, focus on growth, then shift to ...

Dividend investing is growing in popularity as the idea of having predictable income without having to sell a single share ...

Are you dreaming of a life where your investments pay you back? It’s not a pipe dream. Let’s say your portfolio has $100,000 worth of dividend-paying stocks. Rather than just watching your money grow, ...

There are two reasons I keep a lot of cash in my long-term portfolio. And before I go any further, I want to be clear that the cash I'm talking about is not my emergency fund. That's separate cash to ...

For 60+ year old investors, a 70% equities / 25% bonds / 5% cash mix balances growth, income, and downside protection. Focus on VOO, VTI, QQQ (40%), income ETFs like SCHD, VIG (20%), plus 10% each in ...

How you build your stock portfolio will determine whether you earn a return on your money or not, and most investors are ...

Recent events underscore why conservative investors shouldn’t just be holding bonds—they should also hold some cash. Some of the consternation about bond-price movements recently could be nicely ...

The key benefit of investment diversification is risk reduction. Treasury bonds have historically been quite solid diversifiers for US equity exposure. Cash has also looked really good. It’s possible ...

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