Rich Duprey - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
Lastest Stories by Rich Duprey
Money may be the root of all evil, but it can also be a cause of considerable unhappiness in a relationship. According to the American Psychological Association, nearly a third of all adult...
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The best vehicle for creating wealth is investing in stocks. Not gold, not bonds, not real estate. Although one asset class or another may beat stocks over shorter periods, the long-term results...
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Stock splits are typically viewed as bullish indicators that a company sees more growth is on the horizon. Although nothing fundamental changes about the business, making the share price cheaper...
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Investing in the stock market has proved to be the surest way to creating significant wealth over time. While there are any number of strategies an investor can employ to beat Wall Street at its own...
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Buying a house today is no joke. Home prices have surged over 30% in the last four years and today the median cost of a new home is $412,300. Coming up with a down payment is no longer an easy...
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Social Security has been correctly described as a Ponzi scheme. The government uses the program’s taxes it collects today from future retirees to pay the benefits of current ones. Conman Charles...
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Energy has been the worst-performing sector over the past year, returning less than 1% compared to a 34% gain by the S&P 500. Weak demand for oil has depressed the segment and the U.S. Energy...
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Hedge fund managers are always buying and selling shares of stocks in their portfolios, whether to rebalance them or take advantage of market pricing opportunities. When one dumps billions of dollars...
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Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) was on a long downward slide long before 2024 began. Shares had lost over half their value from their pre-pandemic high. Yet when...
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Buying a home is likely going to be the most expensive purchase you ever make in your lifetime. Even cheap homes are no longer cheap. In just the last four years, U.S. home prices have soared nearly...
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The pandemic sent the personal fitness market on a roller coaster ride. With the lockdowns forcing gyms and fitness centers to close, home fitness equipment sales soared. The reopening of the economy...
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Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been an incredible stock to own. Over the past decade, the chipmaker has produced mind-blowing 30,700% returns, yet a significant percentage of those returns occurred since...
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Demand for uranium spiked in 2023, nearly doubling in price. The Federal Reserve said the global price of uranium jumped from $39 per pound at the end of 2022 to over $$70 per pound by last December....
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24/7 Wall St. Insights: Bill Gates largest holding is Microsoft (MSFT), the tech giant he created, though he has since moved on from day-to-day oversight of the company. Almost 90% of Gates’...
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It is hard enough building yourself up from nothing, but having to do so twice can be soul-crushing. You think you’re on your way to a secure retirement, only to find yourself back at the beginning...
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