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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 […]
December 2013
December 20, 2013 04:50 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review We’ll be on a reduced schedule the next couple of weeks. I won’t send a letter next Friday, December 27, and probably won’t send one on January 3, 2014. I hope everyone has a good holiday season. I look forward to meeting you at […]
September 2013
September 27, 2013 06:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review You can look for interest rates to decline in coming months. Most investors and analyst concluded from the Fed’s taper talk in May and June that interest rates were on an endless upward rise. Markets pushed rates substantially higher. The Fed didn’t have to […]
August 2013
August 30, 2013 05:15 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review The week started with the big news being about potential military action against Syria. The increased potential for an action moved markets. But as the week went on, the data started to move markets. The most recent data is weaker than the lagging data, […]
July 2013
July 26, 2013 05:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review This was a quiet week in the markets and the economy. All markets traded in fairly narrow ranges but trended towards negative territory. Next week will be a big week for data, with the employment situations reports coming on Friday along with personal income […]
June 2013
June 27, 2013 04:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review I hope each of you has a good July 4th. Because of the light schedule in the market and economic data next week, I probably won’t issue a report unless there is a significant surprise. If all goes according to plan, I’ll be back […]
May 2013
May 31, 2013 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review This was a very volatile week in the markets, and it looked like investors were looking for excuses to take profits in some assets that did well in recent months. Japanese stocks took a big dive on Tuesday and again on Friday. This came […]
April 2013
April 26, 2013 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review Is the government going to confiscate your retirement account or other financial accounts? Recent news stories brought that fear front and center for many Americans. First, there was the news that Cyprus enacted a “bail-in”. Bank account holders effectively had a percentage of their […]
529 College Saving Plans
Active versus Passive Investing
Art and Collectibles Investing
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Financial Crisis
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Gold and Silver
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Interest Rates and the Yield Curve
Investing for Children and Grandchildren
Investing Strategies
MLP's
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Mutual Funds
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Portfolios
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Risk Management
Shiller
Smart Beta
Stock Market Bubbles
Stock Market Crash
Stock Market Votality
Stock Valuations
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Warren Buffett
