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1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Anne Kates Smith

   An Expert Investor On 'The Key' to Investing, Even For Novices (opens the original)

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   David Booth, 79, is founder and chairman of Dimensional Fund Advisors, an in­vestment management company with over $1 trillion in assets. He was a pioneer of index investing, collaborating with five Nobel laureates over the course of his career, during a transformational time for finance. He is the author of Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life. Here, he talks to Kiplinger about what's changed in investing in his lifetime and what makes a good investor. KIPLINGER: You sa

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2. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Anne Kates Smith

   Are Higher Rates on the Horizon? Here's How to Prepare Your Portfolio (opens the original)

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   There's not much that can pry investors' attention away from the fireworks in the stock market this year — but a big jump in Treasury yields will do it. A springtime swoon in the bond market pushed yields on 10-year Treasury notes to nearly 4.7% in mid-May before they settled back to 4.45% by the end of the month. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.) That's up from 3.96% before the start of the war in Iran — a big move for bonds. Yields on 30-year bonds reached nearly 5.2% in mid-May

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