This is How Much Money You Should Have in Stocks — at Every Age

The solution: Invest just a little to get started. While setting aside money may be hard, it’s easier than ever to get in the market. Over the past decade, more and more 401(k)s have begun auto-enrolling participants.

Warren Buffett suggests you read this 19th century poem when the market is tanking

The stock market has had a volatile year, and it's not over yet: The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 520 points on Monday and the S&P 500 fell 2.1 percent. During times of volatility, seasoned investor Warren Buffett says it's best to stay calm and stick to the basics, meaning, buy-and-hold for the long term. Market downturns are inevitable, Buffett pointed out, using his own company as an example: "Berkshire, itself, provides some vivid examples of how price randomness in the short term can obscure long-term growth in value.

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  If Warren Buffett Loves Wells Fargo So Much, Why Is He Selling the Stock?

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  An Apple a Quarter Might Not Keep Berkshire Healthy

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I was wrong on the sell-off, but this bull market isn't d...

Joseph Zidle, Blackstone, talks to the traders about why he's still bullish on the market. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Karen Finerman, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

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  Market Open: December 17, 2018

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  It's been a year since bitcoin hit all-time highs, here's...

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Trump Tries to Halt Subpoenas for Tax Returns and Revenue Information in Anti-Corruption Case

The Justice Department asked an appeals court Dec. 17 to halt an anti-corruption lawsuit against President Donald Trump before tax returns and financial documents from Trump-connected businesses and people have to be provided under subpoena. Thirty-eight subpoenas have been sent so far to Trump associates and some federal officials. The trial court judge previously ruled that the case brought by the attorneys general of Delaware and Washington, D.C. could proceed, and authorized subpoenas that would give the plaintiffs insight into the financial operations of the Trump Organization, which operates a major hotel in D.C. that receives bookings from foreign officials and governments.

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  Justice Department asks appeals court to end Trump emoluments case

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• Trump Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Halt Maryland-D.C. Emoluments Suit

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When To Buy Growth Stocks: How Pyramiding Up Can Be As Easy As A Cup Of Coffee

For example, if you use $10,000 to buy 200 shares of a $50 stock, all of your initial investment is at risk. If the stock falls 8% and you adhere to the golden rule of investing, you'd lose $800. If you started with half of a $10,000 position, or $5,000, you'd lose less if you were forced to cut losses at 8%.

Costco's CEO makes 191 times more than its median employee

Costco Wholesale Corp. CEO Craig Jelinek made 191 times more than the Issaquah-based company's median employee, according to a proxy disclosure filed Monday. It's the first time Costco has disclosed its pay gap since it became required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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  Costco Stock Looks Good After Its Post-Earnings Plunge

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• Costco Stock’s Drop Last Week Means It’s Time to Buy, JPMorgan Says

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Stan Druckenmiller Says Algos Are Robbing Markets of Trade Signals

Now, we aren’t even in the same zip code, much less the same state,” he quipped of his recent returns in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “I think the message over eight or nine months is still great," said Druckenmiller, who converted his hedge fund to a family office after closing Duquesne Capital Management in 2010. The return of volatility was long heralded as key to a rebound in hedge fund performance.

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  Even Stan Druckenmiller Doesn’t Know Where Markets Go Next

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  Druckenmiller Urges Fed to Pause Tightening `Blitz' in WSJ Op-Ed

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Blue Apron's 90% Drop Makes It Third Worst U.S. IPO This Decade

While it may be hard to believe, that’s not the worst first 18 months for a public company this decade on U.S. exchanges. Blue Apron can’t blame slumping oil prices for its woes -- the New York-based meal kit delivery service is the only non-energy company that finds itself within the bottom five debuts for U.S. based companies this decade. Blue Apron’s IPO in June 2017 was led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley.

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  Blue Apron Falls Under $1 as Sell-Off Shows No Signs of Stopping

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  Why Blue Apron Stock Sank Today

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How an American Is Trying to Rescue a $100 Billion Gold Mining Company

John Thornton is a Goldman Sachs alumnus educated at Yale, Harvard and Oxford. Mark Bristow is a South African geologist and big-game hunter. Together, this corporate odd couple has a plan to turn around the lagging fortunes of the world’s largest gold-mining company, whose shares are down 67 percent from their high in 2010.

Four things need to happen for the stock market to bottom...

Jim Cramer says four things need to happen for the stock market to find a true bottom as sellers drive the major averages lower.

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  What needs to happen for the market to bottom, according ...

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Oil Spirals Below $47 as Dark Clouds Envelop Demand Outlook

Futures slid 7.3 percent in New York on Tuesday, putting prices on track for their worst quarterly loss since the start of the last oil market crash in late 2014. Anxieties over growth swirled as Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump in a Beijing speech and American investors braced for an interest-rate hike. “Sentiment is negative, it’s low-volume trading and we’re not getting any good news," said Ashley Petersen, lead oil analyst at Stratas Advisors in New York.

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  Oil dives on fears of glut, global economic slowdown

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  Oil’s Fall: Bulls Should Be Careful

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Indians Are Buying Gold for as Little as One Cent

“A lot of people have been buying at one rupee,” according to Gaurav Mathur, managing director of digital platform SafeGold, which has partnered with payments apps such as Flipkart Online Services Pvt.’s PhonePe to sell gold starting at that price. Since its launch last year, about 3 million people have already transacted on the platform and the company, which counts the World Gold Council as one of its investors, is targeting to raise this to 15 million by next year, he said.

Want to Cut Your Tax Bill? Then Keep Reading and Call Your CPA

Bunching Expenses Owners of partnerships, limited liability companies and other pass-throughs received a large gift in the tax law -- a 20 percent deduction on their taxable income. But that write-off is subject to limitations starting at incomes of $315,000 for married couples. To get around that, pass-through owners can strategically “bunch,” or ramp up their expenses this year, which will help to lower their income and allow for the full deduction, according to Ed Reitmeyer, regional partner-in-charge of the tax and business services at accounting firm Marcum.

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  How your finances will change in 2019

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  20 Most-Overlooked Tax Breaks and Deductions

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