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Next week, you can safely ignore the Federal Reserve headlines...

The Fed's decision to raise... or maintain... its interest rate at its March 14-15 meeting should have virtually no effect on your life or your investments.

By Richard Smith, founder, TradeStops

A new chart unexpectedly grabbed my attention recently... one that could have huge implications for the future of the U.S. stock market.

The education of new investors often follows a similar path...

New investors get interested in the stock market. They think it's just a matter of time before they find some small, unheard-of company that will grow 100 times over, making them rich.

"Thanks for inspiring me to walk again. I hope to walk every day!" – M.A.

Many of you e-mailed us over the past week to participate in our first ever Walking Challenge.

Checklists save thousands of lives...

In 2001, an intensive care doctor named Peter Pronovost examined intravenous-line infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Johns Hopkins.

Have you quit on yourself?

It's that time of year when most folks give up on their New Year's resolutions. According to a survey from the University of Scranton, after one month, 46% of people have already quit working on their resolutions.

"You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news."

So said legendary investor Peter Lynch, who managed the best-performing mutual fund in the world.

Each year, more than $125 billion is spent on cancer care in the U.S.

And I'd wager that nearly everyone reading this letter has at some point watched a spouse, family member, or a close friend struggle with the disease.

I've shared many passions with my dad...

We both became ophthalmologists. We loved reading and discussing newsletters.

I'm no razor aficionado.

I've had a beard for more than 30 years. So when my friend and publisher Porter Stansberry told me about his new razor idea, I was interested but didn't expect it would be for me.