At its March 15–16 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its federal target funds rate by a quarter point. It was the first increase since December 2018, but it wasn’t a huge surprise. Fed...
Real opportunities to earn fatter returns in cash assets have finally appeared, after one of the longest yield droughts in memory. Sorry, Virginia, you won’t find them in your local bank or credit union. They don’t need all the...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 20,000 for the first time in history this week, and many are asking if this is the time to get out of the market. Buy low, sell high, right? This is a question...
I never posted this clip before, but three years ago today, I basically got spanked by Melissa Francis on Fox Business News for daring to suggest that all the experts then confidently predicting higher interest rates might be wrong....
2016: Ten Predictions to Count On Jim Parker, DFA Vice President The New Year is a customary time to speculate. In a digital age, when past forecasts are available online, market and media professionals find it harder to hide their...
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2015 was a year to forget for most investors. It was tough to make money anywhere. Stocks went essentially nowhere, bonds disappointed as well, and commodity prices continued to decline. In fact, a recent article in CNBC said 2015...