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Don’t Forget Japanese Stocks When Investing in Developed Markets
By Bernice NapachThe Nikkei 225 has just reached a 21-year high, outperforming U.S. and European markets.
October 03, 2017
Watch the US Dollar if You Own Emerging Market SecuritiesA weak dollar has been key for rally in emerging market stocks and bonds; a reversal could crush that trade, say strategists.
October 02, 2017
Navigating Uncertain Rewards and Certain RisksSeptember 1, 2011, was a beautiful day. Photographer Gary Elliot was taking pictures at Swami's, a popular surfing beach in Encinitas, California. The surf was high that day, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.
October 02, 2017
4 Market Sectors Vulnerable to a CorrectionInvestors have crowded into certain investments and may be too complacent about the risk in some of the most popular segments of the market.
September 26, 2017
So Few Market Winners, So Much Dead WeightJust 4% of public companies account for all of the gains. How can investors find the top-performing stocks and should they even bother trying?
August 21, 2017
Fed's Big Bond Unwind May Clobber U.S. Stocks, Corporate DebtWill this save life insurers, be the next big driver of systemic risk, neither, or both?
August 21, 2017
‘Fire and Fury’ Unlikely to Melt Markets: Schwab’s SondersFollowing Trump's statement, S&P 500 experienced one of the "nastier reversals" in this bull market.
August 21, 2017
Study Shows 96% of Stocks Don’t Beat Treasuries in Long TermProfessor Hendrik Bessembinder was surprised to find that market gains were attributable to only a small number of "powerhouse" stocks, he told ThinkAdvisor.