9 Points to Guide Your Investments in 2018 After a big year for stocks in China and India, emerging market stock funds are attracting attention from value investors who have been rummaging in staid sectors like manufacturing, mining and finance. In a nutshell, the stock market in the United States has generated enormous wealth for investors, and in recent months it has roared ahead with scarcely a setback, raising questions about how sustainable those gains really are. Three top-performing funds did it in the last three months of 2017 by focusing on small-cap stocks like a timber company, a cabinet manufacturer and an online lender. Small portfolio tweaks, emerging markets and money market funds are options — but prospects for big profits are rare A new book promises to be “a total beginner’s guide to getting good with money.” It does a good job, though our reviewer has a few misgivings.
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