Ben Carlson

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  • Crashes are always hard to stomach—but young investors have a very important asset on their side.Finance

    Is this your first stock market crash? Some advice for young investors

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  • Market ups and downs tend to be exacerbated by investor overreactions.Finance

    How the ‘fear center’ in your brain is driving panic selling and buying in the stock market

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  • Wild swings—down 4% one day, up 5% the next—can rattle even the hardiest investors.Finance

    The stock market’s gyrations feel historic. But are they?

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  • Investors may be inclined to panic, but it helps to look back at how volatile markets have been in the past.Finance

    Worried about the stock market? Resist the urge to panic

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  • Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has brought to the fore that investing carries inherent risk.Finance

    Coronavirus should not make investors panic. But it should make them do this

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  • Researchers know that the one surefire way to get people to save more, is to make it automatic.Finance

    What will get people to save more for retirement? Letting them ‘opt out’

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  • Tech stocks have come to dominate the S&P 500 index.Finance

    5 companies now make up 18% of the S&P 500. Is that a recipe for a crash?

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  • CEO Elon Musk has watched his own net worth—and TSLA shares—surge.Finance

    Trying to make sense of Tesla’s unbelievable run

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  • QUEENS, NY - DECEMBER 3: Homes in the lower middle class neighborhood of Middle Village, as seen on December 3, 2019, in Queens, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Finance

    The rich own stocks, the middle class own homes. How betting it all on real estate is a wealth gap problem

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  • NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 22: Tourists visit the Wall Street bull statue in the Financial District, August 22, 2018 in New York City. Today marks the longest bull market rally in U.S. history, stretching back to March 2009. The longest previous market rally was from 1990 to March 2000. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Finance

    ‘Bull markets make you feel smarter’ and other rules for investing in today’s market

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  • Quarterly Investment Guide 2020-1green_articleFinance

    Market preview: 5 pressing questions to hone your investment strategy this quarter

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  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 21, 2020 in New York City. Markets were down slightly in morning trading as investors weigh concerns over a virus outbreak in China and continued trade concerns between the U.S. and China. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Finance

    Will retiring baby boomers crash the stock market?

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    What we can learn about modern financial scams from the man who tried to sell the Eiffel Tower—twice

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  • a red graphic chart on the wall and floor of the corridor, and a man walkingFinance

    3 things investors can bank on in the uncertain 2020s

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    Comparing the stock market in 2018 vs. 2019 gives us clues about what to expect in 2020

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