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Month: November 2020

Why Dow 30,000 is no reason to celebrate

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Nov. 26, 2020.) The Dow Jones Industrial Average wasn’t really reacting to cabinet appointments or potential vaccines when it broke through 30,000 and held that level for the first time on Tuesday. The famed benchmark isn’t a sentient being; it reflects the headlines and underlying economic and financial …

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More on giving stock as a gift for the holidays

November 18, 2020 by admin

Last week, in describing gifts of stock as “the ultimate 2020 holiday gift,” I acted as if shares are a kind of one-size-fits-all item. Yes, you pick individual companies, but that’s not much different from selecting the color on a more conventional gift. But the questions I got prove that giving stocks for the holidays …

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The ultimate 2020 holiday gift: Stock, on sale now

November 17, 2020 by admin

You’ve heard a lot this year about how hard it can be for youngsters to get a good education when they’re not in the classroom. But this year also has brought investors what amounts to the greatest home-teaching tool the stock market has ever seen, and the perfect gift to give your favorite young investor …

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The next four years, and beyond, have troubles ahead

November 17, 2020 by admin

As the election results were tallied past midnight Tuesday, I was struck by how the results really would not make much difference for my investments over the next four years, the next decade or the rest of my life. That’s not because the president can’t do good things or that the election results won’t impact …

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