Mutual Funds Weekly: Climate Change Calls For An All-weather Investment Portfolio

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This week’s best ideas and information to help your investment decisions include climate-proofing your portfolio, gaining perspective on long-term market performance, the value and role of holding gold, and whether adding utility stocks to your holdings is a timely move.

— Jonathan Burton

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Take these 3 steps to climate-proof your stock-market investments

Extreme weather is on the upswing. Here’s how to mitigate the impact of climate change on your portfolio.

Take these 3 steps to climate-proof your stock-market investments

How your view of stocks may be tied to these two seismic market events

Bursting of the internet bubble in 2000 and end of the 2008 Financial Crisis both affected investors’ comfort with stocks.

How your view of stocks may be tied to these two seismic market events

Gold will keep rising — here are 13 ways to profit from the rally

Gold has climbed 12% since last August, but it’s still a buy.

Gold will keep rising — here are 13 ways to profit from the rally

Why gold won’t save your portfolio from inflation’s bite

Higher consumer prices don’t necessarily boost gold prices, writes Mark Hulbert.

Why gold won’t save your portfolio from inflation’s bite

How to invest in utility stocks now

Shares of utility companies aren’t necessarily the low-risk options they seem, writes Mark Hulbert.

How to invest in utility stocks now

How to go to college for free

Free college. It’s a reality in several nations around the world, but in the U.S. it’s a political minefield. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others have made tuition-free college a big part of their platforms, but what would it actually take to make that dream a reality?

How to go to college for free

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