Latest articles by Kathy Kristof
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Stock Basics: 5 Scenarios When Selling Stocks Makes Sense
stocks Hint: It has nothing to do with the market, and everything to do with your personal circumstances.
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My Portfolio's Uninvited Guests
investing A well-considered spin-off can increase the value of both parent and child by allowing each to focus on a narrower set of goals.
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Lawless Jerky: A Kickstarter Business Takes Off
business We caught up with a crowdfunding success story to see how his business has grown.
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10 Worst Stocks of the Bull Market
investing Pity investors who have held commodity stocks all the way through this long bull market.
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Why Is My Portfolio Lagging? Blame It on 2015
investing A portfolio without FANGs was doomed to have trouble last year.
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7 Blue-Chip Stocks That Are Due for a Turnaround
investing If you had invested $100,000 five years ago in a low-cost fund that tracks Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, you’d be sitting pretty today.
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Learning From My Misguided Attempt to Beat the Market
Investor Psychology Selling quality stocks was just one of the mistakes.
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Best FANG Stocks for Tech Investors to Buy Now
investing We rank the shares of Facebook, Amazon.com, Netflix and Google parent company Alphabet.
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How Doing Nothing Can Pay Off for Investors
investing For the three-month period during which I essentially ignored my investments, the Practical Investing portfolio rose 10%.
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5 Dividend Stocks to Consider Selling Now
investing With interest rates in the basement and likely to stay there for some time, investors have, for good reason, flocked to dividend-paying stocks.
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Is There a Bubble in Dividend Stocks?
investing Some sectors appear to be overvalued, but share prices are unlikely to fall much, if at all, as long as interest rates remain ultra-low.
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The City of Stockton Comes Back From the Brink
spending After filing for bankruptcy protection in 2012, the city manager of Stockton, Calif., made sustainable spending decisions and turned the city around.
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7 Good Utility Stocks Paying Steady Dividends
investing Utility stocks, best-known as safe havens for dividend-conscious retirees, have been on a tear.
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How to Build the Right Mix of Investments in Retirement
retirement We show you how to allocate your investments among stocks, bonds and cash as you approach, enter and live in retirement.
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AV Homes: A Cheap Stock With Rich Potential
investing This small homebuilder's first-quarter results were impressive, with big gains in number of dwellings sold and other key measures.
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Invest Less in Stocks Now and More Later?
investing This contrarian view on asset allocation may help decrease the likelihood of having to draw down your retirement portfolio during a bear market.
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Biotech Giant Gilead Sciences Goes on Sale
investing Gilead Sciences stock was selling for a mere 7 times estimated 2016 earnings when I snapped up 150 shares.
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7 Good Stocks to Own in a Bad Market
investing Despite punk corporate profits, the stock market has recovered nearly all of the losses it suffered earlier this year and is trading near record highs.
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The Secrets of Women Investors
Investor Psychology For starters, they do more research and they panic less. And guess what—they get better results.
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Don't Let the Day's News Drive Your Investing
Investor Psychology Constantly checking market results practically begs you to do something, even if doing nothing is the best course.
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8 Stocks Under $10 Worth Buying While They Are Cheap
stocks There’s a visceral appeal to buying stocks that can be picked up for a song, but companies with low-priced shares are often risky bets.
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Why I Keep Buying Apple Stock
investing Because I'm a diehard bargain hunter, I find Apple's stock too cheap to pass up.
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Best FANG Stocks to Buy Before They Rebound
investing We’re still bullish on shares of two of the four big tech companies.
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4 Stock-Picking Techniques for a Nasty Market
investing Seeking bargains is just the start for a shrewd investor looking for gains.
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