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Brett Arends

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 11, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Brett Arends

    This investment is safe from both Trump and the Democrats — and it pays 4.7% (opens the original)

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    If you're nervous, alarmed or hysterical about what's going on in Washington and on Wall Street right now, there is at least one safe haven you can buy today that is effectively guaranteed to ride out any storm. And it is currently paying 4.7% interest. I'm talking about U.S. Treasury bonds — IOUs issued by Uncle Sam — that come due in early 2029, shortly after the (scheduled) end of the Trump administration. This investment is safe from both Trump and the Democrats — and it pays 4.7% The Fed co

  2. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Brett Arends

    Why the jobs report will actually be good for bonds (opens the original)

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    To hear the nattering nabobs of Wall Street, you'd think the latest jobs figures, out Friday, show that labor has never had it so good. Sadly, for working Americans, this isn't actually the case. 'It's not fair': My twin brother and I were left houses by our parents. Can I make him pay his share for taxes and upkeep? Bloom Energy was just named to the S&P 500. These other stocks are joining the index as well. Maybe the snowbirds are right? One state dominates this list of best places to retire.

  3. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Brett Arends

    The bond market is going to burst the stock-market bubble (opens the original)

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    When it comes to stock-market downturns, listen to the Bible. Even if one is coming, "of that day and that hour knoweth no man," not even "the angels which are in heaven." But one is surely coming, and the unraveling of the long-term bond market is raising the chances that one is imminent. The bond market is going to burst the stock-market bubble Social Security recipients will get more money next year. Here's how much the COLA may boost benefits. Anxious bond market sends troubling message to i

  4. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · Brett Arends

    Owning a home is overrated. Renting is now often a much better money move. (opens the original)

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    In the spring of 2008, shortly before the financial world completely imploded, I traveled around Florida reporting on the real-estate crash. I ended up in a brand new "super luxury" high-rise in Miami's Brickell area that was just about to open. It had a waterfall in the lobby, a pool on the roof, valet parking and all sorts of other conveniences. Every exercise machine in the gym had a slot to connect your iPod directly to a personalized sound system. The tower's units had mostly been bought of

  5. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Brett Arends

    This overlooked index is a better investment than the S&P 500 (opens the original)

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    Which is a better U.S. stock index for your retirement plan: the well-known S&P 500 index of large U.S. companies or the more obscure S&P MidCap 400 index of middle-size companies? Most people would say the S&P 500. It's the benchmark index for the U.S., and indeed for global markets. If you own just one stock fund, people will say, own the S&P 500 or an equivalent. These are the toughest places in America to sell a home right now 'It's heartbreaking': My brother claimed Social Security at 70. H

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