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Gold in a Portfolio: Diversifier, Hedge, or Just a Shiny Distraction?
Ask five investment professionals what gold is for, and you may get five different answers. One well-known personal-finance host dismisses it outright as an income-free asset with a…
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Recent Reviews
Trend-Following and Momentum Have a Century of Data Behind Them — So Why Doesn’t That Settle the Debate?
A reader of the finance blog A Wealth of Common Sense recently asked a fair question: is there real evidence…
The $500,000 Question Isn’t Timing the Market — It’s Timing Your Nerves
A rollover check for half a million dollars does not arrive with instructions. It arrives with a decision: put it…
The Guidance Trap: What Investing Apps Like Stash Actually Solve — and What They Don’t
Ask a beginner why they haven't started investing yet, and you rarely hear "I can't find a brokerage." You hear…
The Golden Era That Wasn’t: What a 2016 Warning Teaches Us About Forecasting Markets
In 2016, a widely cited report warned that anyone turning 30 that year faced a bleak financial future: work seven…