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Author Bio Dan Caplinger has been a contract writer for the Motley Fool since 2006. As the Fool s Director of Investment Planning, Dan oversees much of the personal-finance and investment-planning content published daily on Fool.com. With a background as an estate-planning attorney and independent financial consultant, Dan s articles are based on more than 20 years of experience from all angles of the financial world. Follow @DanCaplinger The stock market has seen some turbulence lately, but investors were in a good mood on Friday morning. Major market benchmarks climbed on readings that the U.S. employment picture was weaker than expected, as that supported the idea that the Federal Reserve would need to keep interest rates low for a longer period of time before starting to tighten them. As of 11 a.m. EDT, the ....