Here are must-read MarketWatch articles on investing and personal finance from the past week.
1. A dividend-stock screen
John Buckingham, editor of the highly rated Prudent Speculator, screens the stocks he holds to identify 25 dividend stocks with attractive valuations.
From Barron’s: Two tech companies expected to raise their dividends next week
2. This millennial saved up almost $1 million without earning a big salary
A man in his 30s explains how he accumulated $1 million when earning between $55,000 and $75,000 a year. Over a hundred MarketWatch readers share their opinions.
3. Why buy bonds with negative yields?
You may be wondering why investors would buy European government bonds with negative yields. Here’s the answer.
Related:
• The wave of global bonds with negative yields paradoxically may be a signal of good news to come
• Opinion: The Fed should heed the bond market and slash interest rates
4. What an early retiree learned during the first two years
Here are lessons learned and advice from a man who left his career at 41.
5. Scooping up downtrodden stocks of good companies
Mark Finn of the T. Rowe Price Value Fund
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explains how he shops for bargain stocks and outperforms competitors.
6. A retirement crisis for millennials
Mark Hulbert explains why millennials are the new face of the retirement crisis.
More on saving and retirement planning:
• The average 401(k) account is less than a third as large as it might have been.
• The $51,000 mistake thousands of retirement savers have already made.
7. An ETF for you?
Andrea Riquier describes an ETF designed to protect investors from market gyrations and another for investors who wish to support freedom and liberty in emerging markets.
More: How to make sure your ESG fund does what you think it does
8. Investing during a recession
There could be a golden opportunity to buy heavily discounted bonds.
More on recession possibilities:
• Bank of America CEO sees no sign of recession.
• 10 steps to take now to prepare for the next recession.
9. These companies may be in the crosshairs
Here are five companies that could come under attack by activists.
Read on: Maximizing shareholder value can no longer be a company’s main purpose: top CEOs
10. Real life is different from what is ‘seen on TV’
A company that helps people renovate homes finds that ‘fixer uppers’ usually cost buyers more than move-in-ready houses.
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