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Stories resonating with MarketWatch readers this past week include an investment manager’s advice for new graduates about stocks and investing — what he wishes he’d known when he was fresh out of college. Plus, read about the guaranteed income of a simple annuity, why investors should welcome higher interest rates, and how to reduce exchange-traded funds’ fees and taxes.
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INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS What to tell a new graduate about investing in stocks
Success with money and investments requires humility, self-awareness, and a few good friends, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.
What to tell a new graduate about investing in stocks
This one investment move can give you lifetime yearly income in retirement
A simple annuity is a good way to keep from running out of money, writes Michael Edesess.
This one investment move can give you lifetime yearly income in retirement
Investors needing retirement income should hope for higher interest rates
Retirees and other income seekers get little help from low interest rates, writes Mark Hulbert.
Investors needing retirement income should hope for higher interest rates
A frothy stock market? That’s just fake news
What long-term sentiment indicators are telling us about the stock market.
A frothy stock market? That’s just fake news
How Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner enlightened the Oracle of Omaha
Get to know Charlie Munger if you want to understand Berkshire Hathaway, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.
How Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner enlightened the Oracle of Omaha
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon propel world’s biggest sovereign-wealth fund to record quarter
Powerful returns for the U.S.’s biggest tech stocks — Apple Inc., Microsoft.com Inc., and Amazon.com Inc. — played a huge role in driving the world’s biggest wealth fund to its best-ever quarterly return.
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon propel world’s biggest sovereign-wealth fund to record quarter
How Apple, Amazon and Microsoft hit $1 trillion valuation
Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are the first three publicly traded U.S. companies to hit $1 trillion in market value. WSJ’s Dan Gallagher explains how each company reached the milestone.
How Apple, Amazon and Microsoft hit $1 trillion valuation
Watch Barron’s ESG roundtable
Barron’s Roundtable members Abby Joseph Cohen and Todd Ahlsten sat down with Barron’s Senior Managing Editor Lauren Rublin for a conversation about trends in socially responsible investing.
Watch Barron’s ESG roundtable
How active management can unlock the full potential of bond ETFs
Exchange-traded funds are thought of as passive investments, but Jillian DelSignore of JPMorgan tells Barron’s Associate Editor Jack Hough that active management makes sense for fixed income.
How active management can unlock the full potential of bond ETFs
Why you should consider a gold ETF
Barron’s Associate Editor Jack Hough talks to VanEck Head of ETF Product, Ed Lopez about how to use exchange-traded funds to invest in gold. Lopez makes the case that the commodity-a hedge against inflation-is especially attractive in the current market cycle.
Why you should consider a gold ETF
How to avoid hidden ETF costs in a volatile market
Sue Thompson of State Street Global Advisors sits down with Barron’s Associate Editor Jack Hough to break down the costs of ETFs in a volatile market, and how to reduce fees and taxes.
How to avoid hidden ETF costs in a volatile market
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