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In a 1966 article for Newsweek, the American economist Paul Samuelson famously quipped that "the stock market had predicted nine out of the last five recessions." He was of course exaggerating but nevertheless had a point: Wall Street is simply dreadful at forecasting the future.

For the tenth straight year, Americans have picked real estate as their favorite long-term investment.

‘He trades his own stocks,’ Hudson says about her youngest son

"Sell in May and come back after Labor Day" is a well-known adage in the stock market that suggests investors should sell their stock holdings in May and return to the market after Labor Day in September. But, like so many market clichés, sayings that aren't supported by historical data…