Retirement Investing
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Is Investing Your Business?
Retirees often earn most of their income from their investments. Interest, dividends and capital gains pay the bulk of their expenses. Some retirees devote enough time and attention to their portfolios that they believe investing has become their job or business. They ask, for tax purposes, can a retiree be in the business of investing? […]
10 Key IRA Mistakes to Avoid in 2017
It doesn’t take much to squander a large piece of an IRA or 401(k) account. For many people, these are among their most valuable and important assets. Yet, the accounts often are taken for granted, and people don’t realize all the nuances of the rules and regulations. Every day both owners and beneficiaries who inherit […]
Preparing for the Likely Risks and Opportunities to Come
Investors were surprised in 2016, and they’re likely to be surprised again in 2017. There’s remarkable consensus among analysts about what 2017 will be like, and periods of high consensus tend to be followed by surprises and high market volatility. Several commentators recently reminded us of the quote from Bob Farrell, once a widely followed […]
Ensuring the Medical Care You Want and Need
Your estate plan should be about a lot more than finances. Now that the federal estate tax doesn’t affect many estates, more people shift their primary focus away from taxes and even away from finances in their planning. But most people still aren’t paying enough attention to the other issues. An estate plan isn’t complete […]
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Some Stock Market Valuation History
This post goes into some detail comparing current stock trends and valuations to those of the 2000 bubble era. Its bottom line is that the situation today isn’t anything like 2000. It doesn’t mean stocks have to rise from here, but the point is that despite today’s high valuations we don’t have a bubble situation. […]
The Post-Election Markets Change Course
The major market moves that occurred immediately after the election are either reversing or pausing. The moves right after the election looked a lot like panic buying and short-sale covering. Many investors were surprised by the election results, and unexpected news always accompanies these sharp changes in market trends. The moves also weren’t accompanied by […]
Sharing Tips on Forecasting
Earlier this week, we all engaged in our bad habits for the last time as our New Year’s resolutions went into effect. There will be no more smoking, drinking to excess, wasting time, being mean to children and animals, and so forth. We also established new habits of eating better, exercising more, being nicer to […]
The Year So Far
There are only a few trading days left in 2016, so it’s a good time to step back and look at the trends and returns for the year. Before we look at the numbers, consider the changes in fortune during the year. It started with a stock bear market and other problems in China. These […]
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