Retirement Investing
Bob Carlson offers his expert opinion on where to invest your money so that you can get through retirement safely and securely
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A Few Fresh Investment Insights
Most of you probably haven’t heard of James Montier. He’s with the investment firm GMO and before that was with a prominent international financial services firm. He’s fairly well known among institutional investors because of some novel investment insights he’s had, always backed by research. His research product always is provocative and fun to read. […]
To Those Waiting for the Best Time to Invest
A lot of people still have most of their portfolios in cash. They were scared by the market decline of 2008 and moved to cash. They’re waiting for the best time to invest. Even after stock indexes more than doubled, they’re still waiting. That’s why I like this post that argues against waiting for “the […]
February 2014
February 28, 2014 04:15 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review New Fed Chairman Janet Yellen this week said things a number of investors apparently wanted to hear. Her words shouldn’t have surprised or made a difference to anyone who pays attention, but they apparently did. Yellen said that it is too early to tell […]
The True Costs of Working in Retirement
More and more people say that they plan to work in “retirement.” A growing minority say they will never retire. I’m not opposed to that. There are good reasons to continue working after age 65 or any other age, even if it’s not full time work. Some people need the money. A few extra years […]
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Is It a Bull or Bear Market?
Stocks have had strong returns since 2009. I’ve been cautious on them most of that time and still don’t believe the long-term bear market that began in 2000 is over. Recent research from Crestmont Research explains why this still is a long-term or secular bear market, and the market rise since 2009 is a bull […]
Stockpile Gold for a Collapse
One theme that runs through Retirement Watch is that the right financial moves often are counterintuitive. Actions that seem logical and that many people think they should do often aren’t best for them. Consider the notion of buy and accumulating gold as insurance against an economic apocalypse. This often is one of the top recommendations […]
January 2014
January 31, 2014 06:00 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review I’m heading home from the large gathering at the Orlando World MoneyShow, which wrapped up today. If you missed the show, parts of it still are available free at the internet eShow version. For details, click here. A number of investors were shocked the […]
Avoiding a Top Investment Mistake
Don’t expect 2014 to be a repeat of 2013. A key mistake people make with their finances is to expect the future to be like the best and especially for the future to be like the most recent past. It rarely works out that way. Take a look at these examples from Reuters. One of […]
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Interest Rates and the Yield Curve
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