Anne Kates Smith
Anne Kates Smith brings Wall Street to Main Street, with decades of experience covering investments and personal finance for real people trying to navigate fast-changing markets, preserve financial security or plan for the future. As executive editor, she oversees the magazine's investing coverage, authors Kiplinger’s biannual stock-market outlooks and writes the "Your Mind and Your Money" column, a take on behavioral finance and how investors can get out of their own way.
A student of Wall Street history, Smith has shepherded investors through five bull markets and six bears, and along the way has covered everything from investing, economics, personal finance and real estate to travel, careers, retirement, corporate crime, financial regulation, breaking business news--and, on occasion, minor league baseball. She was one of the first journalists to warn investors away from Enron, a company that later became emblematic of corporate wrongdoing. Later, she was a voice of caution during the dot-com bubble, and led shell-shocked investors back into the market as the country emerged from the Great Financial Crisis.
Smith began her journalism career as a writer and columnist for USA Today. Prior to joining Kiplinger, she was a senior editor at U.S.News & World Report and a contributing columnist for TheStreet. Smith is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Md., known for its rigorous Great Books program and the third-oldest college in America.
Latest articles by Anne Kates Smith
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5 Stocks to Buy Now
stocks to buy These five picks cover markets from clean energy to financial services to online education.
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Ariel's John W. Rogers Jr.: Value and Small Stocks Will Lead
Markets The new value cycle is just getting going. Celebrated value investor John Rogers gives his take on what's to come, which sectors he thinks are cheap right now and why he's cautious on crypto.
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Stephanie Link: Expect Above-Average Gains in 2021
Economic Forecasts The chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors says profits point the way for 2021.
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Where to Invest in 2021
Economic Forecasts With the election in the rearview mirror, investors can turn their full attention to the economic recovery and progress on the pandemic.
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R.I.P. 60-40 Portfolio
Becoming an Investor The old standby allocation of 60% stocks and 40% government bonds might not work for buy-and-hold investors anymore.
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Election Turmoil Could Rattle Stocks
Politics When Al Gore and George Bush fought it out, the S&P 500 fell 6% from election night through the day following Gore’s concession.
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How Presidential Elections Affect the Stock Market
Politics Myths abound, but when it comes to your portfolio, it's not as simple as which party wins the White House.
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Keeping an Eye on Future Returns
Markets Here’s what experts see ahead—and way ahead—for the performance of stocks and bonds.
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What's Next for Stocks
Coronavirus and Your Money The bulls aren’t ready to end the party, but don’t expect it to be all fun and games.
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Gambling in Stocks Is Risky Business
Investor Psychology Part of the fun of investing is betting on the “next big thing.” Who doesn't want to discover the next Amazon, Netflix or Tesla?
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New Bull Market? Or Same Old Bear?
Markets The rally since March has been historic, but it still needs to prove itself.
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Jim Paulsen: Go With a Mix of Offense, Defense and Tech
investing The Leuthold Group investment strategist sees fear priced into stocks, with bargains out there in riskier choices.
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Where to Put Your Money Now: Our 2020 Midyear Investing Outlook
investing The market is finding its way in a changed landscape. Our advice: Tilt toward stocks rather than bonds and cash, and favor U.S. over international holdings.
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How to Handle a Bear Market
Investor Psychology If you’ve got to take action, boost your savings rate or scout for mispriced securities. And check that your portfolio is in line with your goals.
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Is the Worst Over for Stocks?
investing Even if it isn’t, investors who wait for the market bottom may well miss it.
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Mark Zandi: The U.S. Economy Won't Recover Until We Have a Vaccine or Treatment
Economic Forecasts The chief economist of Moody's Analytics predicts the pace and shape of the recovery from the coronavirus-driven downturn.
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How to Survive the Economic Fallout from COVID-19
investing The bull market and economic expansion are over. Here's what to do now.
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Is Your Mutual Fund Politically Biased?
investing A recent study showed that partisan-leaning managers invest about 43% of assets in firms whose executives share the managers’ party affiliation.
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Investors, Look Past Global Tensions
investing The average time it has taken for stocks to bottom is 22 days, with the market recovering all losses in an average of 47 days.
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Expect a Year of Moderate Gains, Ally Invest Strategist Says
Economic Forecasts Lindsey Bell sees economic gains accelerating on lower interest rates, and favors the technology and communication services sectors.
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Where to Invest, 2020
investing Eight trends point to what we think is a modestly bullish outlook for stocks.
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Stories That Move the Economy
Investor Psychology Economist Robert Shiller predicted runaway home prices and the stock market bubble of the late 1990s. Now he’s writing about the influence of viral narratives.
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Beware Dark Patterns on the Web
Investor Psychology These sites are designed to steer or coerce people into making unintended decisions.
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Market Volatility: Get Used to It
Markets The second pullback of 2019 is probably not the end of the bull market.
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