Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now?
Have you ever wondered how much short-term versus long-term taxes actually affect your net worth and portfolio over time?
Let’s imagine a $100,000 portfolio goes up 20% annually and is taxed at the end of the year at 33% due to short-term capital gains. What would the portfolio grow to after 10 years?
Now make a guess as to what it would grow to after 10 years if held long-term and a 20% tax applied at the end of the 10 year period? » Read more about: Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now? »
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If You Only Invest in 1 Dividend Stock, This Is It
Companies with a history of consistently paying a reliable dividend and increasing it, even in bear markets, are worth your attention.
One dividend-paying investment is a virtual no-brainer — Realty Income (O). This real estate investment trust (REIT) holds an impressive portfolio of single-tenant properties.
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1 Rock-Solid Dividend Stock To Hold Forever
While there are many dividend stocks to choose from, finding a long-term winner can be difficult. With the global economy and stock market in a state of flux, it’s more important than ever to find quality companies that can withstand any headwinds.
One compelling dividend plays that income investors could hold for the long term is Brookfield Asset Management.
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Is This Stock Move Anticipating War?
Military conflict isn’t exactly the type of thing you want to be right about betting on. But war happens and when capital flows to defense contractors, it’s time to take notice.
The United States has one of the largest defense budgets in the world and is home to some of the biggest defense contractors,
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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 Silicon Valley Darling Topple The Market?
Silicon Valley darling, Salesforce, saw its stock fall 16% following last night’s fiscal Q1 2025 earnings report. Growth moderated to an 11% year-over-year increase, which was the lower end of the guidance and that was enough to spook investors.
Yet the woes continued when full-year revenue guidance of $37.7 billion to $38 billion was reported because it reflected a growth projection of just 8% to 9%.
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Is This the Safest Stock to Buy Today?
According to one study, when markets fell by 21%, retail portfolios were down by 32%. It’s been a devastating year for ordinary investors, which means “safe stocks” are back in vogue.
This desire for safer stocks is especially apparent among those who have seen firsthand that the “next big thing” can decline in price as quickly as it rises –
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Stock market today: Dow leads S&P 500, Nasdaq lower after volatile week as Intel earnings fall short
A preliminary reading on S&P Global’s US Manufacturing PMI showed the activity-tracking index hitting 51.9 in January. That was slightly below the 52 expected by economists tracked by Bloomberg, but a hair above the 51.8 print last month.
Meanwhile, the US Services PMI was 52.5 in January (so far),