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5 Potential Roadblocks to Stock Market Growth 11/07/2017 07:00pm • No doubt about it -- the U.S. stock market is still firing on all cylinders, as the number of naysayers who say a market slide is imminent grows. Consider these attention-getters: -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 15.8 percent on a year-to-date basis.-- The Dow Jones industrial average is Recognize and Prepare For the End of the Bull Market 10/26/2017 08:00pm • For more than eight years now, the U.S. stock market has climbed higher without any major interruption. Investing during bull markets can be easy money for diversified investors. But long-term investors need to be prepared for the inevitable end of the bull market and make sure they are not caught Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Just Posted its Most Impressive Quarter in Years 10/25/2017 08:00pm • Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, absolutely crushing both top- and bottom-line estimates. AMZN stock responded by jumping 7 percent in after-hours action, sending it well past $1,000 a share. The e-commerce giant reported earnings per shar Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Garlic 10/24/2017 08:57am • There are certain vegetables that I bring home and have a stare-off with for a while before cooking them. I think sweet potatoes top the list, partly because they will last forever, so the staring contest can go on for quite some time. And partly because they have eyes. Oh, yes, you are right, I Is the Bear About to Come Out of Hibernation? 10/05/2017 08:00pm • The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite continue to reach record highs, surprising investors who think a bear market is imminent. However, the combination of synchronized global growth and low inflation may keep the bear in hibernation for a lo How Can Investors Determine Bitcoin's True Value? 09/20/2017 08:00pm • It has been an eventful couple of weeks for bitcoin traders trying to predict where the cryptocurrency is headed next. But amid the rampant short-term speculation, many long-term investors looking to derive a true underlying value for bitcoin don't even know where to start. There are so many moving Caps continue their preseason slate in Montreal Wednesday 09/20/2017 02:40pm • WASHINGTON -- After falling 4-1 in their preseason opener Monday night at New Jersey, the Capitals are north of the border Wednesday night taking on Montreal. You can listen to the game online at and www.federalnewsradio.com or www.capsradio247.com. Below are three storylines worth monitoring: Bed and breakfast plan denied for ‘Pershing Manor’ mansion 09/18/2017 03:30pm • The Arlington County Board nixed a plan for a huge Lyon Park mansion to be used as a bed and breakfast at its meeting Saturday (September 16). On a 3-2 vote, the Board denied a proposal for the home at 3120 N. Pershing Drive to operate as a bed and breakfast with at most five guest rooms, with so Arlington County Board delays decision on lighting Williamsburg turf fields 09/18/2017 01:15pm • The Arlington County Board pushed back a decision on lighting athletic fields near Williamsburg Middle School, so plans can be studied further by county staff. The Board’s unanimous 5-0 vote came after almost six hours of public testimony and discussion by opponents and proponents of the lights IOTA Club closing this month 09/08/2017 09:05am •   (Updated at 9:25 a.m.) Arlington’s most active live music venue is closing its doors this month. The owners of IOTA Club and Cafe in Clarendon announced Friday morning they have decided to close after 23.5 years in business. The venue’s lease expires after Sept. 30, which will be IO Neo-Nazis flock to Arlington shopping center where leader was killed 50 years ago 08/25/2017 01:45pm • (Updated at 5:35 p.m.) Fifty years ago today — on August 25, 1967 — the leader of the American Nazi Party was gunned down at the Dominion Hills Shopping Center while trying to do his laundry. George Lincoln Rockwell was shot by former neo-Nazi John Patler from the rooftop of the shopping cent The Biggest Investing Mistakes of Each Generation 08/21/2017 08:00pm • Every generation makes investing mistakes that later generations can learn from. Our grandparents, parents and older siblings all have been blindsided at one time or another from something about investing they got wrong. Like millennials scrambling to master the basics today, earlier generations we 10 Red Flags an Online Degree Program Is Fake 08/21/2017 08:00pm • Avoid Falling for Online Education ScamsWhen it comes to choosing an online degree program, there are a lot of options, and experts say thorough research is essential. Many fraudulent options -- also known as diploma mills -- exist that allow students to easily earn a credential with little to no va What Might Start a Market Meltdown? 08/16/2017 08:00pm • Reports of sky-high market valuations bombard investors daily as the cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio or Shiller P/E rises to levels it last reached before famous historical market crashes. Expensive valuations like these don't have the power to start financial meltdowns, but they can exace Charlie Clark releases latest Arlington history book 08/15/2017 07:00am • Historian, author and Falls Church News-Press columnist Charlie Clark has released his latest book: “Hidden History of Arlington County.” The book chronicles “forgotten stories from the nation’s smallest county,” though some stories are less forgotten than others. From the book’s desc