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Investing 101

A collection of 35 posts

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Your First Investment: A No-Nonsense Guide to Starting Out

A simple portfolio and practical guide for anyone beginning their investment journey.

| 13 min read
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Buying’s Easy. Selling Your Bond Fund Isn’t.

MAILBAG—Should you wait until the end of the month to sell your bond fund?

| 8 min read
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Capital Gains 102: Two Tax-Reduction Strategies

You can reduce your tax hit during distribution season with a bit of planning.

| 6 min read
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Capital Gains 101: The Basics

Everything you need to know about capital gain distributions.

| 8 min read
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Total Return Eats Income’s Lunch

Why you should focus on total returns, not income.

| 4 min read
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Here Comes the Fed — Part II. Stocks

Putting Wall Street’s “don’t fight the Fed” saying to the test.

| 14 min read