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Dinner debates are an annual tradition for many households on Thanksgiving. If the market becomes a topic at your table this year, here is perspective on timely issues your relatives will be thankful for.

Where is the market heading? 

Investing is about 80% psychology and 20% mechanics. If you let the environment control your psychology, you’re not going to win.

The S&P 500 is down 5% so far in October. Whether you're a market pro or novice, this sort of environment can be difficult. Here are three tips to help you maintain an emotional edge during market corrections.

Many investors have been learning an unpleasant lesson lately. That is: stocks and bonds can lose money simultaneously. For instance, last week both of the major asset classes declined about 1%.

1% doesn't qualify as a big move in the stock market. But for bond investors, it stings.

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

- Lewis Carroll

Unless you take a completely passive approach with your investments, it's important to maintain a sense of direction.

This week marks the 10^th anniversary of the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.  On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11.

I’ll never forget the morning it happened. I was an analyst in the Bay Area.

With stocks making all-time highs again, I’m having daily conversations with investors who aren’t sure how to invest their money.

Many ask: Should we put new money to work at these levels, or wait for a pullback?

Others wonder if stocks are in a bubble, which may warrant profit taking.

In a sense, it’s fitting that ‘debt’ is a four-letter word. The debt narrative is resoundingly negative. America (and Americans) have too much of it. The Europeans are still enduring slow growth because of it. Almost all financial planning literature urges readers to get rid of it.

NASCAR has faced serious challenges over the last year.

Readers who have kids—or who remember being one—know the importance of coming-of-age birthdays. Turning 13 means shedding the kid stuff and acting more like an adult (or at least attempting to). Turning 16 in most places means getting a driver’s license, while turning 18 gives us the right to vote. We can legally buy alcohol at 21.

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." 

- Apple shareholder, Warren Buffett

Today is a special day for Apple shareholders, and a celebration of capitalism. The world's first trillion dollar company.