How to be a smart investor when the stock market is confusing For investors, it is nearly impossible to make sense of the daily news. Consumer confidence is high, job growth (though slowing) is still strong, company spending on capital equipment has slowed and the Fed cut rates but is not panicked about a recession. […]
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Nancy Tengler in USA Today
For successful investing, what’s the trait you need most? I’ve said it a million times but I will say it again. Having any investment discipline is better than having none at all. The average individual investor follows trends. Which means they are often selling at the bottom and buying near the top. A 2010 study […]
Nancy Tengler in USA Today
Here’s a lesson for 401(k) investors: Don’t just save, save to create wealth My mom, Tobie, worked two jobs, seven days a week from the time my dad walked out on my 10th birthday until she was almost 70 years old. She was grateful for the work – a full-time job as a supply clerk […]
Nancy Tengler's Column in USA Today
Don’t let volatility or the trade war scare you. This is a good time to buy stocks Day to day, stocks seem to flail around like lotto balls in a gravity-pick machine. Frenetic, directionless and wild. Over the long-term, however, stock prices are fueled by economic and earnings growth and behave rationally. Let’s examine the […]
Nancy Tengler in USA Today
3 things to watch when you’re buying stocks for the long term Just about anyone can tell you what sways the stock market. “Someone needs to take the president’s phone away,” remarked a D.C. taxi driver. “Stocks have gone up for a long time—they’re due for a slide,” a New York City bellhop confided. “Amazon […]
Thornburg Investment Management's Charlie Wilson in USA Today
Dow, stocks pared losses in afternoon trading after China trade talks end U.S. stocks pared earlier losses in afternoon trading Friday after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin described high-stakes trade talks with the Chinese delegation in Washington as “constructive.” Mnuchin made the remarks to reporters after the negotiations between the two countries ended with no deal. […]
Nancy Tengler's Column in USA Today
Dow stock swings are exhausting, but here’s how to survive After 19 years covering the stock market for USA TODAY, Adam Shell gives his best advice on how to successfully invest in the market. USA TODAY Recent stock market volatility was the kind that spooks investors. Massive intraday swings in the Dow Jones industrial average […]
Nancy Tengler's column in USA Today
You just got married. It’s time to prepare for divorce and death (sorry) Nancy Tengler, Special to USA TODAY Let’s face it: Few of us marry and then begin planning for divorce or widowhood. But based on the statistics, that is precisely what we should do. I know this viscerally because I recently lost my […]
ETFMG's Sam Masucci in USA Today
Cannabis may be coming to a mall near you: rolling papers and CBD products go upscale Cannabis is not just going mainstream. It’s going upscale. The plant, whose species include hemp and marijuana, is showing up in luxe beauty products, sparking an array of glamorous accessories, and becoming the focus of Wall Street investors. Luxury […]
Johnson Controls in USA Today
Johnson Controls fights back after Clinton’s attacks on tax inversion Auto supplier Johnson Controls struck back at Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton’s accusations that it is turning its back on the American people after the auto bailout. Read more here.