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What Are the Advantages of Dollar Cost Averaging? [read more]
When markets get a little too volatile for your liking, it may be a particularly good time to adopt a disciplined investing approach.

What Do Market Indicators Show? [read more]
One day in 1884, Charles Henry Dow averaged the closing prices of 11 stocks he considered representative of the U.S. economy in a paper that preceded The Wall Street Journal. By 1896, The Wall Street Journal was publishing its average on a regular basis, and the most famous indicator of stock market health was born: the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Load and No-Load Funds: What Should I Know? [read more]
On the surface, it seems like an easy choice. Why pay a 1 percent to 8 1/2 percent front-end commission on a fund to some broker when you can buy a fund that doesn’t charge a commission? That’s the choice: “load” versus “no-load” funds.

The Power of Tax Deferred Compounding [read more]
Delaying, or deferring, when you pay income tax on the earnings of an investment has always provided a means to “earn interest on your interest.” The coming reduction in income tax rates can make this concept even more powerful.

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