U.S. Investing

Learn the latest to help you profit from investing in U.S.-based assets, such as stocks, funds and options.

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What Dividend Increases Mean for a Stock’s Future

Next to profits, dividend increases are the mother’s milk when it comes to investing.

These Elite S&P 500 Stocks Beat the Rest of the Market

Launched in 2005, Standard & Poor’s developed this index as a way to mimic an investment strategy that...

Vanguard Offers Low-Fee Bond Fund

BSV is the smallest fund of all of those we have addressed in our series.

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A 2015 Market Correction Could Be Coming

After five years of double-digit percentage profits on Wall Street, a correction is due, and I would not...

How to Manage Risk with Stop Losses and Options

You’ve probably noticed the sharp snapback in the stock market during the last few weeks. My question to...

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How Following Trends Can Net Big Returns

For U.S. stock market investors, the long-term bull market trend launched in 2009 has certainly been friendly.

Vanguard Offers Value Exchange-Traded Fund

VTV pursues a large-cap value investing approach that tracks the performance of an index that measures the investment...

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Holiday Online Shopping Leads to Big Wins

Last week, we closed the books on November, and it was clearly a winning month for stocks, with...

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How to Beat the Traditional S&P 500 Index

As well as S&P 500 index funds have done in in the past 40 years, one group of...

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Vanguard ETF Seeks Growth in Large-Cap Stocks

The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) focuses on a growth investment strategy for investors who are willing to accept...