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Mutual Funds - Know What You Are Buying

Recently, a client explained to me how he thought gold was a good investment and protection against inflation. I’m not going to talk today about if he is right or wrong. Instead, I’ll mention that his fabulous do it yourself investment solution was Fidelity’s Gold Fund. Good call? Well, it came as quite a shock [...]

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Inflation Jumps

In news that will not be met with happiness on Wall Street, the inflation data for January was not good. A 0.3 jump in the core CPI index spells the end of rate cuts from the Fed.
Wondering what the big deal is? The CPI or Consumer Price Index is a widely watched measure [...]

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