Latest articles by Bob Frick
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Use Willpower to Your Financial Advantage
Investor Psychology Set goals and monitor your spending and saving to strengthen your financial resolve.
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Learn to Control Your Fear and Profit from Crisis
Investor Psychology In times of panic, shrewd investors may find an opportunity to buy stocks on sale.
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Dodge & Cox Stock Loads Up On Drug Stocks
Kip 25 The managers of this Kiplinger 25 fund see good deals in the pharmaceutical sector.
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My Story: Microloans for Penn State Students in Need
credit & debt Penn State alum Tom Sharbaugh is starting a microloan program to lend students emergency cash at low interest rates.
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When You Build a Portfolio, Less Is More
Investor Psychology We tend to make the best investing choices when we're given fewer options.
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Fee Shuffle at Fidelity Fund
investing The Boston behemoth wants to give with one hand but take with the other at its original fund.
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Are You a Gambler or an Investor?
Investor Psychology If you treat your portfolio as a gambling stake instead of a nest egg, the consequences can be dramatic. See where you fall on the investor-gambler spectrum.
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How Aging Imperils Your Finances
Financial Planning for Alzheimer's As we grow older, our ability to make sound financial decisions degrades, but if we prepare, we can maintain healthy finances well into old age.
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Vanguard Dividend Growth: In Search of New Income Sources
Kip 25 The manager of this Kiplinger 25 fund looks for "high-quality" companies that regularly boost dividends. But what is "high quality" these days?
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4 Funds for Investing in Energy
investing Buying into energy through mutual funds may be safer and more convenient than purchasing individual stocks.
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14 Energy Stock Picks to Power Your Portfolio
investing These compelling buys in oil, gas, coal, nuclear and renewables offer sizzling opportunities for investors.
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Why We Fall for Scams
Investor Psychology Scam artists aren't so much artists as they are students of human nature.
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Earn Dividends From Convertible Bonds
investing These hybrids deliver solid income and let you benefit from gains in the issuer's stock.
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How Ignoring Mr. Market's Mood Swings Can Increase Your Wealth
Investor Psychology Don't take on more risk just because the market's rising.
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How Investor Psychology Can Help You Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool
Investor Psychology Improve your odds of winning by overcoming mental glitches.
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7 Ways Not to Buy Gold
gold Avoid these rip-offs when buying gold coins or bars.
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How to Cope with Your Confirmation Bias
Investor Psychology We naturally tend to seek out others with similar opinions, but this phenomenon can be harmful to our portfolios.
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The Feminine Edge
Investor Psychology During the depths of the market crash, women were less likely than men to cut and run from stocks.
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Gold: Long-Term Hedge or Bubble About to Burst?
Economic Forecasts Two of our editors differ sharply over the glittery stuff's future. See whose side you're on.
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Master the Modern Art of Haggling
Smart Buying From cars to TVs to patio pavers, learn the tricks of talking your way to a deal.
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How to Beat Our Status-Quo Bias
Investor Psychology We can improve our ability to make investing decisions by procrastinating a bit, focusing on fewer options and settling for good enough.
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Mental Accounting: How Math Mind Games Bust Our Budgets
Investor Psychology Learn how to benefit from the psychological phenomenon that makes us think of our money as divided into separate accounts.
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The Cramer Effect
Investor Psychology In the year I’ve been writing this column, one name comes up again and again when I interview experts on investor psychology: Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money. They cite him as the guy most likely to push our emotional buttons and spur us to make impulsive investment decisions.
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Green Stocks With a Bright Outlook
investing Four companies that generate strong profits and withstand the perils of the sector.
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