If you're any kind of long-term mutual fund investor, worrying about timing the stock market is a wa...
If you're any kind of long-term mutual fund investor, worrying about timing the stock market is a waste of time. That old precept gets a fresh coat of varnish from a study just published by Charles Schwab & Co, the San Francisco brokerage firm that sells the funds of many management firms. I can be as sceptical as the next guy of 'studies' issued by anybody with a stake in the subject. You know, like Investment Firms See Retirement Savings Shortfall, or Problem Requires Further Study, Says Research Group. In this one, though, there's no blatant special pleading. What it does contain is a...
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