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During the longest bull market in modern history, the S&P 500 surged a whopping 418% over the 9.5 years between November 1990 and March 2000 but, in mere months, this famed bull market may lose its title as the “longest” in the modern era because, according to data and analysis from LDL Research, the current bull market will take over the claim to fame in late August 2018. In today’s chart, we show every bull market since WWII, including the top six which are covered in more detail.

While 'average joe' is busily loading up on hyper-valued tech in his 401k like never before, insiders at the FANG stocks have been puking their own shares at a record pace this year.

A Growth At a Reasonable Price (GARP) strategy helps investors gain exposure to stocks that have impressive prospects and are trading at a discount. Using the GARP principle, we have run a screen to identify 7 stocks that are likely to offer solid returns in the near term.

The USD Index just made its first “Golden Cross” in more than 1 year which is a short-medium term bullish sign for the USD...Historically when that has happened the USD usually continued to go higher in the next 2-3 months.

The Bitcoin trend remains up as it has spent the majority of the past 5-years inside of rising channel. Nothing of late has changed this long-term trend but it is testing support right now but if support should happen to fail, the descending triangle measured move suggests that Bitcoin could head towards $2,000!

Today’s infographic comes to us from StocksToTrade and it showcases the basics around mutual funds, including their history, typical structures, why people invest in them, and how fees usually break down.

How much would an investment in the S&P 500 be worth today, with dividends reinvested but adjusted for inflation, had you invested that money 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 years ago? The following charts illustrate the annualized real rates of return over those periods of time.

One would think that following two major market corrections of over 50% within the last two decades, investors would have a better appreciation for how much time it takes to compound your way out of losses. While buy-and-hold investors who stayed true to their strategy over the last two decades are indeed ahead, they lost many years of valuable compounding time in a quest to “get back to even.” The bottom line is that corrections and crashes matter a lot.

Investors looking for high-quality businesses should consider dividend growth stocks. The beauty of strong dividend growth companies is that they pay their investors rising streams of dividend income, regardless of the direction the market is going. This article will discuss the top 10 Dividend Achievers, ranked according to their expected returns.

Morgan Stanley has been busy recently. A team of over 30 analysts has just put together a list of the best defensive sectors, based on almost 25 years of market data. This article delves into four sector stock picks highlighted by the firm - stocks that can still deliver even in times of volatility or slowing returns - and why these four stocks also have the backing of the Street in general. Let’s take a closer look now.