(Bloomberg) — Investors should modestly trim stock holdings and shift the money to commodities after equities outpaced other assets amid receding recession fears, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Marko Kolanovic, one of Wall Street’s staunchest bulls. With Friday’s report on US payrolls building on a string of stronger-than-expected economic data, the […]
Read MoreThis covered-call strategy pays people to be long-term investors. Spencer Platt/Getty Images We are about to see just how in love investors have become with their stocks over the past 20 years. The onset of earnings season, coupled with the looming reality that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from historically low levels, means […]
Read MoreThe stock market is a roller coaster this week — and not everyone likes roller coasters, especially when they cause retirement account balances to drop. The ups and downs are due in part to the fears surrounding the omicron variant of COVID-19 and the U.S. economy (the number of people applying for unemployment jumped from […]
Read MoreThese stocks have at least a 2% yield, $100 billion in value and lots of stability. When it comes to investing, some frenetic traders think holding a stock for a year or two is considered “long term.” But for many small-time investors, a year or two is just the start of the journey. After all, […]
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