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Name That Company
I trace my roots back to 1965, when a Connecticut teenager aiming to pay for college opened a sandwich shop with $1,000 from a family friend who became a partner. By 1974, I had 16 locations. Today, I...
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Funds or Stocks?
Q: Are mutual funds safer to invest in than stocks? — B.B., Newton, Massachusetts A: They can be. A mutual fund spreads its assets across a range of investments, such as stocks, bonds or cash. That...
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All Hail the Roth IRA!
My smartest investment concerns retirement savings. Many years ago, I contributed the maximum annually to a traditional IRA — for a long time. When the Roth IRA became available, I rolled over both my...
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Investing With Borrowed Money
If you’ve ever heard of investing “on margin,” you may have been tempted to try it. It’s not a great idea for most investors, though. When you invest on margin, you do so with money you’ve borrowed...
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Two Solid Index Funds To Consider
We have long recommended low-fee, diversified index funds for many, if not most, investors. Here are two to consider, each of which exists in exchange-traded fund (ETF) form, making it easy to invest....
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Last week’s trivia answer
I was formed this year — on April 14 — when two major railroads joined to become the first single-line transnational railway linking Canada, the United States and Mexico. Those two railroads were...
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Name That Company
Tracing my roots back to 1894, I’m America’s oldest branded poultry company. I began on a family farm in New Jersey and was incorporated in 1927 with the name you might know me by. In 1998, I started...
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Don’t Charge Stock Purchases
Q: Is it smart or stupid to invest in stocks by borrowing against a credit card? —T.M., Bountiful, Utah A: It’s not smart. Think about it this way: The average credit card interest rate, according to a...
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Valuation Matters
My most regrettable investment move happened long ago. I’d bought shares of Cisco Systems on its way up an incredible climb. I did question then whether it merited its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of...
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Financial Terms To Know
There’s a lot of jargon in the financial world. Here are some explanations of terms you’ll likely run across. • American Depositary Receipt (ADRs) and American Depositary Share (ADSes): Types of...
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