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20 topics for your financial blog

Investment Writing

If you feel frustrated by coming up with topics for your financial blog, the journalist’s five Ws and one H can help. For help with this, read “ WHAT PROBLEM does this blog post solve for them? For help with this, read “ WHAT PROBLEM does this blog post solve for them? Who should inherit your wealth?

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What You Need to Know about Index Funds and Mutual Funds

Integrity Financial Planning

On their surfaces, index funds and mutual funds may seem interchangeable. Both offer diversification of assets and are commonly invested in a basket of stocks that aim to meet a certain investment goal. The index is used by the media as a barometer of the broader stock market and the economy. [1]

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Can You Turn Investment Losses Into Tax Gains?

Integrity Financial Planning

This strategy is when you sell stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other investments carrying a loss to offset gains from other investments sold. Using a strategy called tax-loss harvesting, you can earn capital gains tax credits on your investment losses. What is Tax-Loss Harvesting?

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What Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Told Investors

The Motley Fool

Robert Brokamp: Well, Sam, many folks have run the numbers behind this question, including a handful of studies from Vanguard and a few posts from Nick Juli of the Dollars and Data blog. Because in most years, stocks outperform cash. The sooner you get the money into the stock market, the better off you'll be.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2023

Pension Pulse

Having said this, the stock market is incredibly concentrated in a few names and the risks of something bad hitting us are on the rise here, which is why you should all take these 13F filings with a grain of salt here. As always, please remember to support this blog by donating via PayPal on the top left-hand side under my picture.

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Is Tax Loss Harvesting Worth It?

Ballast Advisors

For example, if you’re invested in mutual funds, capital gain distribution can be out of your control sometimes– where they may sell positions in portfolio — and out of the blue you can have a significant capital gain you didn’t anticipate,” adds Parnell. Depending on your situation, you may have big capital gains in the future.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2023

Pension Pulse

And with the bond yield high enough, that poses competition for equity investors who feel the bond market is less risky than the stock market right now.” In late July, when I openly wondered when will the stock market crash , I wasn't trying to scare people but have seen this movie so many times before, it never ends well.