Mutual Funds Weekly: Loving these underloved stocks can add value to your portfolio — plus other top investing tips

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Money and investing stories hitting home with MarketWatch readers this past week include an insiders’ look at how value stocks are ready for their close-up after years of being out of the public eye, as well as the latest investing moves from one of the most successful investors. Plus, read how mutual-fund giant Vanguard Group could be more straightforward with investors about a proposed trading tax, and why borrowers with “jumbo” home mortgages are a cause for concern.

— Jonathan Burton

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Value stocks are making a comeback, and here’s how to get in early

4 ways to love underloved value stocks.
Value stocks are making a comeback, and here’s how to get in early

Stock investors in 2020 should be careful about partying like it’s 1999

U.S. market nowadays increasingly resembles the dot-com bubble, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Stock investors in 2020 should be careful about partying like it’s 1999

Why the stock market’s top of 20 years ago is a warning for investors now

Valuations are less extreme now than in January 2000, but not by much, writes Mark Hulbert.
Why the stock market’s top of 20 years ago is a warning for investors now

Man who made a killing during financial crisis says that, at some point, the stock market will slow down — but, till then, ‘I love riding a horse that’s running’

David Tepper is going to take his horse and ride till he can’t no more.
Man who made a killing during financial crisis says that, at some point, the stock market will slow down — but, till then, ‘I love riding a horse that’s running’

How fund giant Vanguard is misleading investors about a tax on stock trades

A financial-transaction tax would not harm Main Street investors, as Vanguard contends, writes Michael Edesess.
How fund giant Vanguard is misleading investors about a tax on stock trades

Jumbo mortgages are haunting the housing market, and things could get really scary

Lenders, mortgage servicers, investors and homeowners should prepare now.
Jumbo mortgages are haunting the housing market, and things could get really scary

BlackRock’s Fink pressed to take action over words in dumping fossil fuels

BlackRock’s Larry Fink may believe that embracing sustainable investments is key to long-run returns, but he must turn rhetoric into results, say climate advocates.BlackRock’s Fink pressed to take action over words in dumping fossil fuels

Will the Secure Act make your retirement more secure?

How to react when your 401(k) begins to offer annuities
Will the Secure Act make your retirement more secure?

This retailer’s IPO plan exposes a hard truth about privately owned companies

Privately held firms don’t necessary perform better than public ones, writes Mark Hulbert.
This retailer’s IPO plan exposes a hard truth about privately owned companies

This portfolio hedge against volatile U.S.-Iran tensions is better than gold

Stock market put options and Treasurys can be less costly and more effective than gold, writes Mark Hulbert.
This portfolio hedge against volatile U.S.-Iran tensions is better than gold

Warning signs for tech in 2020

Jared Woodard, head of the Research Investment Committee for Bank of America Securities says that investors should be cautious with large-cap technology stocks .
Warning signs for tech in 2020

Here’s why earnings will drive markets higher

Jared Woodard, head of Bank of America Securities’ Research Investment Committee, believes 2020 will bring a year of strong profits for public companies.
Here’s why earnings will drive markets higher

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