Why passive investing is best for almost everyone saving for retirement
Investing in market-tracking index mutual funds, known as passive investing, gets brandished as boring.
But the truth is in the returns: Index funds routinely clobber funds actively managed by professional stock pickers.
Last year was no exception, according to a new BofA Global Research report. Funds run by the pros had a heck of a time beating the returns of passive indexes that track US large-cap equities.
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Read MoreTrump’s economic plans could cause US inflation
Donald Trump’s economic plans risk reigniting US inflation, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told AFP, a few days before the president-elect returns to the White House.
Trump’s proposals to hike tariffs and curtail immigration would likely constrain the supply side of the economy and push up prices, Gourinchas said in an interview.
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Read MoreSEC charges against Elon Musk rocked Wall Street — but is the tech CEO a victim of lawfare?
As a CEO of a public company, there are certain things you need to know from day one.
Brushing your teeth before a board meeting — or any meeting — is one of those.
Putting on a suit is up there, as is not harassing the help.
Another prerequisite: if you’re interested in buying another company,
Read MoreGamma-Delta Neutral Option Spreads
Find the middle ground between conservative and high-risk option strategies. Read on to learn how to exploit time decay while neutralizing the effects of price actions.
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Read MoreBillionaires Are Selling Nvidia and Buying a Bitcoin ETF That Cathie Wood Thinks Could Soar Up to 3,700%
Many billionaire investors loaded up on Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock as it soared over the past few years. That wasn’t surprising, since its soaring sales of artificial intelligence (AI)-oriented data center GPUs turned it into one of the market’s hottest growth stocks.
Yet it also wasn’t surprising to see some of those big investors reduce their exposure to the chipmaker after its 2,100% run over the past five years.
Read MoreThe Burst
Brilliant Billionaire Buys Under-the-Radar Wide Moat Stock
In B2B sales and marketing, few companies have built as powerful a toolset as the one that caught Stan Druckenmiller’s eye.
With a unique moat in its vast proprietary database, accelerating AI-driven insights, and a growing foothold in emerging markets, this SaaS firm has become a must-have resource for enterprise sales teams.
Yet while bulls can point to a host of positive attributes,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is This High Growth Stock Breaking Out?
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller was once asked how he thinks about performance and his answer was quite insightful. Most traders might say something like “I aim to make 15% a year” or some other specific figure, but Stan’s answer was I like to “compare myself to the opportunity set” and beat it, meaning whatever the market is doing he likes to ensure he’s generating higher returns,
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Will This AI Stock Be the Ultimate Comeback Story?
SportRadar first came to the attention of most investors when the firm debuted on the public markets amid much fanfare a few years ago.
Then the hype surrounding the company was rooted in SportRadar’s role as a leader in sports data intelligence, which is key to the sports betting industry.
The company had formed a series of partnerships with major sports leagues and provided data to sportsbooks.
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