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The investing advice you need now

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By remaining calm, investors can generate some healthy and relatively easy profits.

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More pain as market crashes again

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John Bogle: Common Sense Investing

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John Bogle is the founder of Vanguard, one of America's largest mutual fund organisations. The Vanguard 500 Index Fund, now…

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Whatever the market is doing, by following these three steps you can still make money over the long haul.

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Lake Wobegon Meets Investment Bankers

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Why So Many Fail at Investing

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