9 Ways to Help You Become a Smarter Investor
- 7 years ago
9 Ways to Help You Become a Smarter Investor
Yet anyone saving for retirement or a house, a car or an education — or trying to amass a nest egg for
any reason at all — needs to periodically check in to see where the financial world is heading.
Stock prices have risen and there are far fewer — if any — bargains, compared with the days right after the end of the financial crisis in 2009.
In fact, for many people, forgetting about day-to-day market swings and taking a long-term perspective may be the best approach.
All of which raises a big question: What are the prospects for a continuing bull market — or a major decline?
Many of these fixed-income instruments have excelled in recent months, and managers of funds
that specialize in them say such bonds continue to be attractive.
Yet anyone saving for retirement or a house, a car or an education — or trying to amass a nest egg for
any reason at all — needs to periodically check in to see where the financial world is heading.
Stock prices have risen and there are far fewer — if any — bargains, compared with the days right after the end of the financial crisis in 2009.
In fact, for many people, forgetting about day-to-day market swings and taking a long-term perspective may be the best approach.
All of which raises a big question: What are the prospects for a continuing bull market — or a major decline?
Many of these fixed-income instruments have excelled in recent months, and managers of funds
that specialize in them say such bonds continue to be attractive.