Friday, February 5, 2010

Personal Finance: Main Street is wary of stocks

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Since stocks stopped plunging in March, professional money managers and traders on Wall Street have piled back into the stock market, benefiting from the sharpest rebound in history. But many Main Street investors have yet to regain their stomach for the risky, uncertain and highly volatile world of stocks.
Main Street investors change their strategies
Q: We're looking to invest in stocks so we can afford to put our baby in college in 17 years. Should I be trying to pick great individual stocks in a taxable account or is there a better way?
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