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These ETF strategies won big in 2023. How one analyst sees them doing next year.

ETFs linked to technology and options-based strategies did well this year. How will they fare in 2024? Read More

Cathie Wood dumps Grayscale and buys bitcoin-futures ETF. Here’s why.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Next Generation Internet ETF sold its remaining 2.25 million shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. Read More

A record share of S&P 500 stocks underperformed the index in 2023 as ‘weirdest bull market in decades’ marches on

Many of the index’s constituents remain well below their highs from January 2022. Read More

All systems go’ for investors as stocks power 2023’s gains into 2024

It seems inevitable that the S&P 500 will achieve new all-time highs early in 2024 (if not before). Read More

Tax-loss selling makes these stocks in cannabis, pharma, energy and industrials worth buying

Investors have been dumping losers to offset 2023’s outsized capital gains. Read More

This fast-growing country is taming inflation and in strong financial shape — and its stock market is calling

The fundamental outlook for India is better than ever. Read More

How pricey is the stock market now? Just compare it with the January 2022 bull-market high.

U.S. stocks today are more expensive than at almost any other time. Read More

11 dividend stocks with high yields expected to be well supported in 2024 per strict criteria

These companies’ expected free cash flow yields are at least double their current dividend yields. Read More

2 investments to protect your money when inflation spins out of control

Double-digit inflation in Colombia offers a lesson about the importance of stocks and gold to a portfolio. Read More

Ed Yardeni: 12 reasons stock investors will see the S&P 500 hit 5,400 in 2024

Boomers and consumers spend; companies stash cash; housing finds buyers and inflation eases. Read More

Classic 60/40 mix of stocks and bonds on the verge of historic gains ‘after being written off for dead’

Bonds have seen a big rally over the past two months as the S&P 500 nears an all-time closing high. Read More