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• The Trump administration wants to discourage your 401(k) from including ESG investment options
• What’s happening now with M&A is going to make today’s stock investors wish they’d sold sooner
• The investment debt you owe Sam Eisenstadt
• What if I keep my money in a savings account instead of investing it?

Summer turns to fall, the coronavirus is still widespread, the U.S. economy is mending in some places but not others, and many investors may be experiencing a sense that nothing in their portfolio seems to fit quite right. These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, can help you feel comfortable in whatever new fashion the stock and bond markets try on for size.

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INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS The Trump administration wants to discourage your 401(k) from including ESG investment options

Two proposed rules imply that investment managers promote social goals over sound investment analysis — but that’s not what actually happens.

The Trump administration wants to discourage your 401(k) from including ESG investment options

What’s happening now with M&A is going to make today’s stock investors wish they’d sold sooner

Waves of mergers and acquisitions have ended badly for the stock market, writes Mark Hulbert.

What’s happening now with M&A is going to make today’s stock investors wish they’d sold sooner

This 1 big change in the market means higher stock prices are likely over the next few weeks

Short-term market timers are bearish and that’s bullish for the rest of us, writes Mark Hulbert.

This 1 big change in the market means higher stock prices are likely over the next few weeks

Do you really need $8 million saved up for retirement?

Figuring out what you need

Do you really need $8 million saved up for retirement?

Worried about being bored in retirement? Your financial adviser has a plan

Find purpose and new direction using skills and experience you already have.

Worried about being bored in retirement? Your financial adviser has a plan

The investment debt you owe Sam Eisenstadt

The man who created the Value Line stock-ranking system was dedicated to helping individual investors.

The investment debt you owe Sam Eisenstadt

What if I keep my money in a savings account instead of investing it?

Though the stock market can be risky, the rewards of investing might make you think twice before keeping all of your money in cash or a savings accounts.

What if I keep my money in a savings account instead of investing it?

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