In this series on coping with a plunging stock market, three Kiplinger's Personal Finance editors share the investing strategies they're using in these volatile times. Each has a different take on what to do now. So whether you're a risk-taker or risk-averse, there's advice below for you.
BUY NOW
How I Keep My Sanity While My Savings Vanish
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Fred Frailey, the editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, reveals how he is turning disaster into opportunity by buying shares of great companies at great prices.
PLAY IT SAFE
Senior Editor Bob Frick urges you to build up your reserves and pay down debt -- even if it means investing less to do so.
STAY THE COURSE
Hold Fast to These Five Tenets
Senior Associate Editor Anne Kates Smith says the only sane way to play the crazy ups and downs is to hold fast to the investing advice we at Kiplinger have preached for years.
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Stock Market Today: Have We Seen the Bottom for Stocks?Solid first-quarter earnings suggest fundamentals remain solid, and recent price action is encouraging too.
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Is the GOP Secretly Planning to Raise Taxes on the Rich?Tax Reform As high-stakes tax reform talks resume on Capitol Hill, questions are swirling about what Republicans and President Trump will do.
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Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged: What the Experts Are SayingFederal Reserve As widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee took a 'wait-and-see' approach toward borrowing costs.
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Fed Sees Fewer Rate Cuts in 2025: What the Experts Are Saying
Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected, but the future path of borrowing costs became more opaque.
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Fed Cuts Rates Again: What the Experts Are Saying
Federal Reserve The central bank continued to ease, but a new administration in Washington clouds the outlook for future policy moves.
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Fed Goes Big With First Rate Cut: What the Experts Are Saying
Federal Reserve A slowing labor market prompted the Fed to start with a jumbo-sized reduction to borrowing costs.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Retreat Ahead of Nvidia EarningsMarkets lost ground on light volume Wednesday as traders keyed on AI bellwether Nvidia earnings after the close.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Edge Higher With Nvidia Earnings in FocusNvidia stock gained ground ahead of tomorrow's after-the-close earnings event, while Super Micro Computer got hit by a short seller report.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Hits New Record Closing HighThe Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 finished in the red as semiconductor stocks struggled.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Pop After Powell's Jackson Hole SpeechFed Chair Powell's Jackson Hole speech struck a dovish tone which sent stocks soaring Friday.
