It seems perfectly rational: Surely the candidate you back will be good for markets—and vice versa. Yet it turns out basing investing decisions on politics is trouncing your bottom line.
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I got into a discussion with another person in an online forum about the housing market and he accused me of trying to “time the market.” It’s hard to figure…
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The latest GDP data showed the U.S. economy growing at an anemic one-point-two percent as strong retail sales were largely canceled out by a reduction in business investment. Most disturbingly…
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2016 came in like a bear; an alien bear from outer space with huge teeth and claws that destroyed everything in its path for the first 60 days of the…
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I never believed in vampires, the mythical creatures that feast on human blood and don’t ever die. Yet financial myths, those vile creatures that feed upon the cash that is…
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It comes as a sudden realization a week before payday and, sometimes, a text or email from the bank or the hideous embarrassment of having your debit card declined in…
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If making money was easy, everyone would be rich. The fact that the majority of people in the United States are poor tells you something about investing. It also tells…
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The view of housing most people carry around with them has its roots in the 1950s. In those days housing was frequently collocated with jobs and factories that no longer…
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For the past five years the stock market has been on a bull run that will go down in history as one of the easiest times to make money in…
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Robert Rhinehart was an electrical engineer who was not satisfied with the state of our food. Every new day meant a new effort to find and prepare nutritious meals. When…
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