Mutual Funds Weekly: These money and investing tips can help you if stocks and bonds get the summertime blues

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These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, can help you manage your financial portfolio at a time when stock- and bond markets are grappling with a surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S. and the impact this could have on the U.S. and global economies.

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This ‘anti-bubble’ investment could save your portfolio, says hedge-fund manager who’s returned 47% this year

Diego Parrilla is on the lookout for anti-bubbles. In other words, the manager behind the $450-million Quadriga Igneo hedge fund’s investment process focuses on cheap assets poised to perform when bubbles burst.
This ‘anti-bubble’ investment could save your portfolio, says hedge-fund manager who’s returned 47% this year

Variations on some themes: investors flock to the ETFs you’ve heard so much about

Investor interest in thematic exchange-traded funds soared in the second quarter.
Variations on some themes: investors flock to the ETFs you’ve heard so much about

S&P 500 stocks post their biggest gains when company earnings make this move

On Wall Street, what goes down pushes share prices up.
S&P 500 stocks post their biggest gains when company earnings make this move

The No. 1 market-timer of the 1980s and 1990s has this message for today’s buy-and-hold investors

Investing at the end of the month and the middle of the month has advantages.The No. 1 market-timer of the 1980s and 1990s has this message for today’s buy-and-hold investors

Gold timers have rarely been more bullish than they are today — that’s a bad sign

Gold’s new all-time high will have to wait.
Gold timers have rarely been more bullish than they are today — that’s a bad sign

Tesla is like a SpaceX rocket to stock investors, but the car maker’s bond holders are down to earth

The market confuses Tesla with Silicon Valley tech companies, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Tesla is like a SpaceX rocket to stock investors, but the car maker’s bond holders are down to earth

The Fed isn’t likely to take U.S. interest rates below zero and that’s going to shock today’s bond holders

Bond investors’ potential capital gain from current levels will be limited, writes Mark Hulbert.
The Fed isn’t likely to take U.S. interest rates below zero and that’s going to shock today’s bond holders

Annuities can help your retirement portfolio stay afloat. These are the best ones

Cautious investors looking to tuck some guarantees into their portfolios can consider annuities.
Annuities can help your retirement portfolio stay afloat. These are the best ones

Sustainable-investing flows have smashed records in 2020. What’s going on?

Many investors took advantage of the market turmoil in March to rotate into socially-conscious investment products, but flows have been consistent since then, and some experts think the “environmental, social, and good governance” category stands to gain more.
Sustainable-investing flows have smashed records in 2020. What’s going on?

4 reasons why being a responsible ESG investor can help your 401(k) do better

Change the world with your money — one investment at a time.
4 reasons why being a responsible ESG investor can help your 401(k) do better

The racial wealth gap is at the heart of America’s inequality

Historical disadvantages keep Blacks from the American Dream.
The racial wealth gap is at the heart of America’s inequality

The financial planning business is mostly white, but these investment advisers are trying to change that

Workplace diversity starts with a firm’s leadership diversifying its own views and contacts.
The financial planning business is mostly white, but these investment advisers are trying to change that

How to pick sectors to invest in amid a COVID-19 resurgence

Phil Camporeale, Investment Specialist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, explains which sectors are facing the biggest challenges and opportunities, as many States are forced to pause or reverse their reopening due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
How to pick sectors to invest in amid a COVID-19 resurgence