How Taxes Affect Your Returns
Last week I discussed why costs matter when investing. By considering taxes as an additional expense, you’ll be able to make informed decisions that, all else being equal, can help your portfolio’s returns over the long run.
Research by Vanguard’s Investment Counseling & Research group shows that taxes on dividends and capital gains can be a [...]
International Investing- Pros and Cons
With today’s wars, ethnic strife and oil prices, you might think global investing would be mostly rough sailing these days. Not so, according to global-investment managers who can point to plenty of opportunities for solid growth in overseas markets: Part of the trick is to keep your eye on corporate performance — and not [...]
The Risks of Investing
All types of investments have risks, whether you’re investing in stock funds, bond funds, or even money market funds.
Stock funds
* Market risk: One of the most significant risks you face is the volatility of the market. Stock prices overall can decline—sometimes dramatically—over short or even long periods. You can reduce market risk by holding stock [...]
