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American Airlines CEO: “Let’s fly, for God’s sake”

The pandemic is not yet affecting American Airlines, not if its CEO has anything to say about it anyway. “We’re going to fly, for heaven’s sake,” CEO Doug Parker told the Wall Street Journal. [The Wall Street Journal shares common ownership with MarketWatch.] “If it doesn’t work, we will remove …

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The hidden risk in your S&P 500 index fund

How much of your retirement savings are you currently gambling with the fortune of just six companies? If you have them on an S&P 500 SPX, -0.14% Stock index fund, the answer is: about a quarter. That’s what the so-called “FANMAG” —Facebook FB, -0.70%, Apple AAPL, -0.46%, Netflix NFLX, -7.44%, …

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