Three Ways to Cope in This Market
You can take some risks, stay the course or play it safe. Here's how.
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.
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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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 The 'Go Live Your Life' Rule of Retirement Spending The 'Go Live Your Life' Rule of Retirement SpendingThe 'guardrails approach' to retirement spending signals when you can spend more and when you need to rein it in, giving you greater flexibility in your post-work life. 
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 Targa Resources, Take-Two Interactive, Boston Scientific: Why Experts Rate These Stocks at Strong Buy Targa Resources, Take-Two Interactive, Boston Scientific: Why Experts Rate These Stocks at Strong BuyWall Street is highly bullish on these three high-quality stocks. 
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 What the Rich Know About Investing That You Don't What the Rich Know About Investing That You Don'tPeople like Warren Buffet become people like Warren Buffet by following basic rules and being disciplined. Here's how to accumulate real wealth. 
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 Are Buffett and Berkshire About to Bail on Kraft Heinz Stock? Are Buffett and Berkshire About to Bail on Kraft Heinz Stock?Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway own a lot of Kraft Heinz stock, so what happens when they decide to sell KHC? 
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