Mutual Funds

Stock Market Declines Can Help Long-term Investors

But does it make sense to invest in stocks now, she asked? I explained that I couldn’t give advice about buying particular stocks, and instead favor index funds of the kind she already owns. Those funds eliminate the risk of owning the wrong specific stocks at the wrong times. Index funds that track broad markets […]

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Stocks and Bonds Are Giving Investors Whiplash

Bond funds lost 4.2 percent, on average, with long-term funds recording double-digit declines. Marko Papic, chief strategist at the Clocktower Group, an asset manager, agreed with Mr. Thompson that “the more the stock market ignores Fed hawkishness, the more likely they’re going to go hard early.” But Mr. Papic expects the Fed to choose later […]

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