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Nearly 8 in 10 Active US Stock Funds Lost to the Index in 2025

Nearly 8 in 10 Active US Stock Funds Lost to the Index in 2025

The year-end SPIVA scorecard found 79% of active large-cap funds trailed the S&P 500, its fourth-worst year in 25 years of keeping count.

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Gold Just Had Its Best Run in Decades. Should Retirees Care?

Gold Just Had Its Best Run in Decades. Should Retirees Care?

Gold hit a record above $5,500 an ounce this year, then slipped. For retirees the real question is not whether to chase it, but what it does.

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Why "Fixed Income" No Longer Quite Means Safe for Today's Retirees

Why "Fixed Income" No Longer Quite Means Safe for Today's Retirees

The word "fixed" sounds like a promise and "income" like a wage. After inflation and the shock of 2022, neither is quite what many retirees assume.

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Your Bad Market Timing Costs You 15% of Your Returns. Or Does It?

Your Bad Market Timing Costs You 15% of Your Returns. Or Does It?

A widely cited Morningstar study says investor timing costs 15% of returns. A new rebuttal says the real cost is closer to nothing.

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Your S&P 500 Fund Is Really a Bet on Seven Stocks. Here's Why

Your S&P 500 Fund Is Really a Bet on Seven Stocks. Here's Why

Seven companies now make up about a third of the S&P 500 – so is your "diversified" index fund as spread out as you think it is?

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Older Investors Have the Most to Lose. They Also Panic-Sell the Most.

Older Investors Have the Most to Lose. They Also Panic-Sell the Most.

New data from a 2026 retirement industry panel finds investors over 50 are the most likely to trade during market volatility, not the youngest.

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BlackRock Says Index Funds Aren't Enough. Ask Who Gets Paid.

BlackRock Says Index Funds Aren't Enough. Ask Who Gets Paid.

BlackRock says market concentration and longer retirements have broken buy-and-hold. Its diagnosis is sound. Its prescription costs you more.

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Can You Enjoy Retirement and Still Leave Something Behind?

Can You Enjoy Retirement and Still Leave Something Behind?

The answer is in your dividend yield. Here's how 3.5% can leave more for your heirs than 10% – and why the maths surprises most people.

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What S$300 a Month From Primary 1 Could Do Over 15 Years

What S$300 a Month From Primary 1 Could Do Over 15 Years

S$54,000 invested. S$93,800 returned. The maths of dividend compounding over a child's school years – and the Singapore stocks that make it work.

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No Savings at 50? Warren Buffett Made 97% of His Wealth After That Age

No Savings at 50? Warren Buffett Made 97% of His Wealth After That Age

The Berkshire playbook in three steps: understand the business, find the moat, pay a sensible price. Here's how to apply it when time is short.

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Is Your Blue-Chip a Bargain or a Value Trap? Three Warning Signs

Is Your Blue-Chip a Bargain or a Value Trap? Three Warning Signs

A falling blue-chip looks cheap. But cheap and good value are not the same thing. Here's how to tell the difference before it costs you.

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Retiring Soon? Here's How Experts Say You Should Invest Right Now

Retiring Soon? Here's How Experts Say You Should Invest Right Now

Inflation sticky, rates elevated, markets volatile. Three Singapore wealth experts on how pre-retirees should structure their portfolios right now.