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I love investing in individual stocks; however, it isn’t easy. In fact, a J.P. Morgan study found that between 1980 and 2020, about two-thirds of stocks underperformed the market while 40% had negative absolute returns. That is why I firmly believe that it is in the best interest of most investors to have one or more index exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that they use as core holdings to consistently dollar-cost average into on a regular basis.

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A month-on-month comparison shows trailing one-year returns have moderated across most international mutual funds, while investment options remain limited.

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Recently appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been tapped by the US government to advise the Federal Reserve on matters related to AI and its impact on the economy.

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Xbox executive Asha Sharma has joined the US Federal Reserve’s new AI and jobs task force, which will study how artificial intelligence could reshape employment, productivity, and monetary policymaking.

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By all accounts, the stock should be up. Deliveries and production of its electric vehicles (EVs) were both up sequentially and year over year, handily topping analysts’ expectations.

Yet Tesla (TSLA +3.06%) shares tumbled on Thursday after its report showed it delivered 480,126 EVs during the three months ending in June while also manufacturing 451,758 automobiles.

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Maybe you’ve noticed: stocks have been red-hot over the last few months.

Even accounting for some recent volatility in hot trades like memory stocks, since the March 30 low, the S&P 500 is up 18%. Soaring semiconductor stocks have led the way, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF rising as much as 106% from its recent trough.

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