Ratings methodology for best financial advisors
How Bankrate chooses the best financial advisors
1 min read
Aug 25, 2023
Mercedes Barba
Former senior editor, investing
EXPERTISE
- Investing
- Stock analysis
- Retirement
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, California State University, Los Angeles
- Master's degree in News and Documentary, New York University
About the author
Mercedes Barba was a senior editor at Bankrate. Prior to this, she served as a senior editor at NextAdvisor and led the video team at Money.com, where she executive produced a short documentary that received an Emmy nomination. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her son Luke and two pet dogs.
The key to successful investing is to take action and not let fear or over-analyzing prevent you from taking advantage of the benefits of compound interest over time.
— Mercedes Barba
Mercedes's latest articles
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Looking for undervalued stocks? Here’s how the P/E ratio can help.
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Small-cap and large-cap are common stock categories, but mega cap is exclusively for large corporations.
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Survey: Experts see 10-year Treasury yield below 4% over the next year
Bankrate survey of market experts predicts 10-year Treasury yield to reach 3.7% over the next year.
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Survey: Here are the pros’ top investing ideas and how to handle the Fed’s actions
How should investors position their portfolios until the end of 2023?
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