leungchopan / Shutterstock.com For stock market investors, year’s end is a good time to review your portfolio. Making changes before the end of the year will impact your tax burden for 2024 — so now is the time to consider locking in any losses or gains so you can make the necessary trades before the end of the taxable year. If you invest in a lot of individual stocks, this is also a great time to stare down any investments that you might want to exit regardless of the tax implications. Ask...

hobo_018 / iStock.com It’s a little hard to believe, but 2024 has been a great year for the stock market. Despite all the conflict and uncertainty around the world, the S&P 500 has notched a 26% gain year-to-date, far outstripping its long-term average annual return of around 10%. Passive investors, who try to replicate the performance of the total market by investing in index funds, have had a great year so far — but there are always some stocks that perform even better than the market...

Commitment to Our Readers With election day just months away, there is no clear favorite for who will be the next President of the United States. President Joe Biden and former president and now convicted felon Donald Trump both have very low approval rates, with recent polls indicating that nearly half of voters would prefer to replace both candidates if given the chance. Unfortunately for these voters, that’s not exactly likely to happen. The next president will either be Biden or Trump...