MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week.
1. Steer clear of this terrible investment advice
You may not need an investment adviser and their associated high annual fees. But if you do use one, avoid this simple and very costly mistake — one even worse than hidden fees and tax-planning blunders.
Also read: All the ways you can mess up your 401(k) — even if you max out your contributions
2. How to profit as the ad business evolves
Cord-cutting is nothing new, but advertisers are chasing potential customers by increasing their online spending while reducing their reliance on TV commercials. Here’s how investors can play this trend.
3. Oil hits a high
Oil prices haven’t been this high in three years. Here are two ways to ride the oil trend while limiting risk.
4. The pope reminds governments of an unlearned financial lesson
The use of credit default swaps to bet on the likelihood of bond defaults or corporate bankruptcies led to the $182 billion bailout of American International Group by the federal government in 2008. Pope Francis argued this week that credit derivatives remain “a ticking time bomb.”
5. How to irritate millennials
6. Good news about your data privacy
New rules going into effect in Europe this month will also help Americans gain more control over their data.
7. Playing it safe helped sink GE
Jonah Sachs, the author of “Unsafe Thinking,” uses General Electric
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to illustrate how avoiding risk can lead to failure.
8. Rising interest rates and dividend stocks
With 10-year U.S. Treasury yields now at 3%, many dividend stocks have become less attractive. Here are 15 with yields of 4% or higher that pass a stringent screen.
Also see: These ‘Dividend Aristocrat’ stocks have risen as much as 31% this year, bucking a bad trend
9. The Contaminator: Elon Musk
When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched in February, it famously put CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla
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Roadster on an interplanetary trajectory. The payload no one talks about? Earth’s germs.
10. You might be helped by the Jessica Jones treatment
Patients who undergo gene therapy aren’t likely to gain the ability to lift giant objects, but experimental gene therapy is already being used to help people recover from injuries.
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