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A new platform lets you buy shares of blue-chip paintings, but is art a wise investment?

Like casino gambling, art can be a fun but extremely risky way to play with a part of your portfolio, and the returns aren’t highly correlated with stocks Read More

September was a terrible month for stocks. Here’s what you can expect in October.

October is typically the U.S. market’s most volatile month. Read More

Space is the place to be if you’re looking for the most revolutionary stocks

Space is where investors can take advantage of rapid innovation and massive expansion. Read More

These top-scoring stocks enable you to tap into the surging housing market and stay ahead of inflation

Low housing inventory suggests a continued rise in prices and rents for years to come, a tailwind for residential REITs. Read More

Energy stocks are still a buy after big gains — here are 12 to consider

Energy stocks are historically cheap while crude prices are heading higher. Read More

Struggling stock market is in a make-or-break situation

Technical support at 4305 points in the S&P 500 is key. Read More

Higher taxes on stock dividends would hurt middle-class investors — especially retirees — far more than the wealthy

A bad idea that would cut payouts, encourage short-term investing and give company executives greater power. Read More

Only 47 stocks in the S&P 500 have fallen over the past year — Wall Street predicts they will climb up to 54% in 12 months

Activision, FedEx and Merck are on this stock-market list. Read More

ESG may not be the driver of fresh investment money that Wall Street expects

“People want to save the world, but not necessarily pay more taxes.” Read More

U.S. consumers are gloomy about their finances and that means a recession could be near

It’s a bad sign that shoppers are more optimistic about the overall economy than they are about their own finances. Read More

Gold investors have become super-bearish, which suggests a buying opportunity is at hand

Mark Hulbert’s monthly update of market-timer sentiment includes gold, stocks and bonds. Read More

Why stocks could lose popularity as the market’s ‘presidential election cycle’ enters its second year

Stock returns typically weaken in the second year of a U.S. president’s four-year term. Read More

Bank stocks are cheap — here are the 20 best players in the industry

Bank stocks have soared during 2021, but are still trading lower than usual to the market as a whole. Read More

Anybody can say, ‘I’m a financial planner.’ Here’s how to dig deeper to tell what that really means.

There are some major differences between a financial adviser and a financial educator. Read More