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Weekend Reading: How the Worst Market Timer in History Built a Fortune

You’ve likely heard it before, but this old adage holds true: “Time in the market is vastly more important than timing the market.”

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Weekend Reading: The Thrill of the Trade

We know that investing over the long-term is where wealth is made, but this doesn’t change the fact that there is excitement in playing the market game.

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Weekend Reading: What is In Your Control?

Understanding what you can confidently keep in your wheelhouse first and foremost begins with recognizing what you have zero control over.

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Weekend Reading: Some Good News

In bearish economic times like these, bullish news is necessary. That’s why The Ramp Report took to Twitter and asked for positive things that are still happening around us, despite the negative stories we see daily.

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Weekend Reading: 10 Truths About the Stock Market

The stock market can be a place where wealth is made, but also, where fortunes are lost. The difference between these outlooks stems from the misconceptions many investors have about the market, so here, you will find 10 truths.

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Weekend Reading: How Much Do Interest Rates Matter to the Stock Market?

While current interest rate levels sit around 2.5 percent, with inflation sticking around, the Fed could continue raising rates to as high as four or five percent. Will this be disastrous for markets?

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Weekend Reading: Your Guide to 'Good News is Bad News' and 'Bad News is Good News'

Recent economic metrics have been contradictory. Consumer confidence is low, but spending is high, gas prices fall, but inflation doesn’t… The list goes on. All this being said, it can be difficult to make sense of up or down, which also might make you question the latest news stories.

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Weekend Reading: Bo Knows

What does Bo Jackson’s stardom have to do with finances? In 1989, he was Nike’s prime marketer for their cross-trainer shoe ad campaign, and as such, appeared to know it all when it came to sports (i.e. — “Bo knows”). However, much like your portfolio, Bo’s popularity is more complex than that.

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Weekend Reading: The Perfectly Imperfect Investor

In the world of investing, critiquing prior financial choices is common, and is what economists refer to as “hindsight bias”.

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Weekend Reading: Five Lessons from History

As author Morgan Housel says, historical events which reap takeaways that can be applied to broad areas of life often contain some of the most valuable insight.

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Weekend Reading: 6 Questions About the Market & the Economy

Today’s economic climate continues to move quickly and feel confusing for investors. While we have no crystal ball to tell us what the remainder of 2022 will bring, here, you’ll find blogger Ben Carlson’s best data-based guesses of what might be around the corner.

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Weekend Reading: Is It Time to Sell Stocks?

Investors are experiencing slight relief as markets experience some recovery, but with that being said, you also might wonder: How long will this last? And, should you cash in while you’re up?