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Michael Brush

Contributing Writer, Kiplinger.com

Michael Brush is an investor and market commentator for MarketWatch who also publishes a stock newsletter called Brush Up on Stocks. Brush is a graduate of the Columbia Business School Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Italy. He has also covered business and investing for The New York Times, The Economist Group and MSN Money, and he has won several journalism awards. He is the author of Lessons From the Front Line, a book about investing published by John Wiley.

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7 Blue-Chip Stocks You’re Selling, But Insiders Are Buying

As the media and investors whipped up a frenzy of COVID-19 panic selling in March, some corporate insiders (such as CEOs and directors) had an entirel…

April 2, 2020

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10 "Best Brands" Stocks That the Insiders Love

As consumers, we love brands.

June 6, 2018

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10 Commodities to Buy to Beat Back This Volatile Market

That bout of weakness in February turned out to be a lot more than just another little market hiccup to file away and forget.

May 2, 2018

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7 Reasons Why a U.S.-China Trade War Is Unlikely

Very few people would benefit from a U.S.-China trade war, including President Donald Trump himself.

April 6, 2018

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 9:U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Trump is on a 10-day trip t

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10 Stocks to Buy on Any Trade War Dip

April 6, 2018

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10 Attractive Utility Stocks to Buy While They’re Down

Utility stocks tanked hard starting in mid-November on worries about rising interest rates, which can be bad for supposed “bond proxies” like utes.

March 28, 2018

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10 REITs That the Insiders Love

Real estate investment trusts (REITs), like bonds, are high on the list of income investments the experts think will get hit as the Federal Reserve co…

February 5, 2018

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10 Value Stocks to Buy for 2018 and Beyond

The stock market was unkind to Warren Buffett disciples in 2017.

January 12, 2018

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6 Tech Trends That Will Dominate 2018

We have witnessed the arrival of amazing tech breakthroughs over the past few years.

January 3, 2018

CULVER CITY, CA - APRIL 25:Oil rigs extract petroleum as the price of crude oil rises to nearly $120 per barrel, prompting oil companies to reopen numerous wells across the nation that were c

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7 Energy Stocks to Buy for the Dividends

The U.S.

November 14, 2017