Latest articles by Steven Goldberg
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The Perils of Chasing High Yields
investing The plunge in the shares of one master limited partnership offers an instructive tale.
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Why You Should Be Wary of Small-Cap Stocks
investing Small caps are ripe for a selloff. Tread carefully, especially in biotech companies.
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6 Closed-End Funds to Buy Now
investing These exchange-traded funds, a precursor to modern-day ETFs, are tricky, but they can be lucrative.
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Time to Sell Your Pimco Funds?
investing Mohamed El-Erian’s departure leaves Bill Gross alone at the top of the mutual fund giant. You may do better with bond funds elsewhere.
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Invest in Emerging Markets with Less Stress
Kip 25 This Matthews fund gives you most of the upside (and less of the downside) of investing in Asia.
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Osterweis Strategic Income: Ready for Rising Rates
Kip 25 Although this fund, a member of the Kiplinger 25, invests heavily in junk bonds, it has never experienced a bond issuer default.
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The Five Best Load Funds for 2014
investing If you’re lucky, you can get these funds without paying sales charges.
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The Five Best ETFs for 2014
investing Exchange-traded funds offer lower costs than most mutual funds, and your choices keep increasing.
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The Five Best Bond Funds for 2014
investing Rising interest rates could pose a big obstacle to bond funds.
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The Five Best Stock Funds for 2014
investing The market is pricier than it was a year ago, so be careful what you buy.
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What the Rush of Money into Stock Funds Means
Markets In truth, not much So ignore the chorus shouting “sell” just because individuals are pouring money into the market.
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How Much Longer Can the Bull Market Last?
investing One market strategist with a superb record is still bullish but sees increasing danger signs.
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The Trouble with Index Funds
Index Funds You’ll need to look elsewhere for protection from the full brunt of the next bear market.
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What 'New Normal?' El-Erian's Pimco Fund Falls Flat
investing He and Bill Gross make up the most formidable pair of bond investors in the world. But El-Erian hasn’t had much success running Global Multi-Asset Fund
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A Top T. Rowe Price Fund for Mid-Cap Stocks
investing Diversified Mid-Cap Growth has a sparkling record, and it's open to new investors.
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Watch Out for High-Priced Tech Stocks
investing The valuations on some of these names are downright scary.
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Don't Give Up on the American Funds
investing Although recent performance has only been so-so, you won’t find a better large investment firm for actively managed stock funds.
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Don't Let Today's News Drive Your Investing
Investor Psychology Trying to beat the market based on the latest media reports is a losing proposition for individual investors.
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Fund Returns Get Ready to Explode
investing Don’t be misled, especially by the torrent of ads that will tout stock funds’ five-year results. It’s all due to a quirk in the calendar.
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Loomis Sayles Bond Looks for Bargains in the Junk Pile
investing Anticipating that interest rates will resume their climb, Loomis Sayles managers are favoring high-yield bonds over Treasuries.
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Beware Puerto Rican Bonds Hiding in Your Portfolio
investing If you invest in muni bond funds, you may own the island's debt and not know it. Here's how that can cost you.
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5 Lessons from the Lehman Brothers Collapse
Markets We've recovered from the financial catastrophe triggered by the investment bank's demise, but investors need to remain vigilant against future disasters.
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Four Reasons to Consider Investing in Spinoffs
investing When companies shed a unit, the offspring frequently do better than the parents.
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Don't Get Sucked in by Fairholme Fund's Great Long-Term Record
investing Manager Bruce Berkowitz is smart as a whip, but his fund’s extreme concentration and volatility make it inappropriate for most investors.
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