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Mutual Funds Weekly: Why Your 401(k) Isnt Making You Enough Money For A Secure Retirement — Plus More Top Investing Tips

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Top MarketWatch money and investing features from the past week. Read more

Market Extra: Heres What JP Morgan Thinks Are Among The Top Trades For Next Year

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Buy equities, add U.S. agriculture and hedge against the 2020 U.S. presidential election — three of JP Morgan’s top ... Read more

Market Extra: Heres Where The 10-year Treasury Yield Is Headed In 2020 As Brexit And U.S. - China Trade Headwinds Clear Away

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Two major sources of uncertainty which have long kept investors on edge in 2019 appear to be clearing away this week, sm... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Slide As Announcement Of U.S. - China Trade Deal Disappoints

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U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday as the U.S. and China struck a so-called phase one trade deal that would put off the... Read more

Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Nasdaq Eke Out New Records In Wake Of U.S.-China Trade Pact

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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher Friday after President Donald Trump and Chinese officials announced a trade pact that... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Surge To Four-week High On Report Of China Tariff Deal

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U.S. Treasury yields rose sharply on Thursday following reports that the U.S. could delay tariffs set to kick in at the ... Read more

Market Snapshot: Stocks Close At Fresh Records On Trade Deal Optimism

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U.S. stocks surge to new records Thursday propelled by reports the U.S. and China had reached at trade deal to avoid new... Read more

ETF Edge: Want To Invest In Saudi Aramco? Theres An ETF For That.

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One of the easiest ways to get in on the Aramco action is to invest in the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF, which is the o... Read more

In One Chart: This Is How Dangerous Dollar-cost Ravaging Can Be For Your Retirement

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Dollar-cost averaging is a popular strategy in which an investor purchases an asset at regularly timed intervals to miti... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Drop As Fed Signals Interest-rate Pause For All Of Next Year

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U.S. Treasury yields are slightly lower Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve’s policy statement and interest-... Read more

Market Snapshot: Stock Market Bounces Around As Investors Weigh State Of U.S-China Trade Talks

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U.S. stocks swung from losses to gains on Tuesday as Wall Street weighs U.S-China trade negotiations. Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices End Higher As Focus Turns To Fed Policy Announcement, China Trade Deal

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Gold futures settle higher on Tuesday, with prices finding support in the wake of losses after the past two sessions, as... Read more

The Technical Indicator: Bull Trend Intact: S&P 500 Absorbs December Whipsaw

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Technically speaking, the S&P 500 has sustained a sharp reversal from one-month lows, a rally that likely neutralize... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Step Higher Ahead Of Fed Meeting, Buoyed By Weaker Buck

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Gold futures head higher Monday, with weakness in the U.S. dollar helping to prop up the yellow metal ahead of a policy ... Read more

Key Words: The CEO Of The Largest Airline Carrier Has One Simple Reason Why Wi-Fi On Planes Isnt Free

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Delta Air Lines Inc., Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian says he’d like to offer Wi-Fi free on his airline’s flights... Read more

The Tell: Forget Buy And Hold — Here Are 10 Rules To Help Navigate This Dicey Market

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Buy and hold... and forget. Time in the market, not timing the market. Anybody who’s ever contributed to a retirement ... Read more

The Tell: How Many Goldman Sachs Private Equity Clients Are Preparing For A Recession? Every Single One Of Them

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According to a recent National Association for Business Economics survey, 72% of economists expect a recession by the en... Read more

Dont Time The Market, But If You Do, Heres When The Bear Might Come Knocking

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The U.S. stock market has been setting new records and the economy is in a record eleventh year of expansion, so one re... Read more

Futures Movers: Oil Prices Climb As OPEC And Its Allies Agree To Deeper Production Cuts

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Oil futures climb Friday after OPEC and its allies agreed to officially cut production by 500,000 barrels per day on top... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Skid 1% Lower After U.S. Jobs Report Shows 266,000 Jobs Created In November

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Gold futures are sharply lower on Friday after a U.S. report on November employment came in better-than-expected, with g... Read more