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Where To Establish Your IRA Account
Article By:
Jim Blankenship
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Monday, August 7, 2017 10:39 AM EDT
Establishing and contributing to an IRA (Traditional or Roth) is pretty simple and straightforward. There are many institutions where you can establish your IRA accounts.
Macro Mondays: Rollover IRA
Article By:
Jennifer Coombs
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Monday, August 7, 2017 4:54 AM EDT
How can Rollover IRA be used to manage your old retirement savings from a previous employer?
Legg Mason Survey Finds Baby Boomers Are Roughly $30 Trillion Short On Retirement Savings
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 6:59 PM EDT
According to Legg Mason, the average Baby Boomer needs roughly $650,000 to fund their retirement years but has only managed to save about about $250,000 in their defined contribution plans.
In this article: VGSTX
Why Is The Stock Market So High?
Article By:
David Merkel
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 4:13 PM EDT
Assuming that you could throw stones on the financial internet, it would be hard to toss a stone and miss articles talking about how high the stock market is.
The Real Dumb Money: Retail Investors Have Outperformed Hedge Funds By 300%
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 7:34 PM EDT
There seems to be an inverse relationship between an investor’s level of sophistication and their recent returns. At least, one might assume that when comparing the historical aggregate return of US households with that of the hedge fund community.
The Fiduciary Rule And Why It Is Important
Article By:
Modest Money
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Friday, August 4, 2017 5:43 PM EDT
The efforts of the Trump administration to water-down the fiduciary rule legislation is a direct attempt to ensure that the interests of the average American is secondary to the interests of financial advisors.
Great Income Producers For Retirement
Article By:
Doug Carey
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:54 PM EDT
Income in retirement - especially of the sure-thing variety - can be tough to come by these days. Lower interest rates have meant that you need to have saved a lot to generate a decent fixed-income stream.
What Ponzi Scheme? Public Pensions Average 0.6% Return In 2016 Despite 7.6% Assumption
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:26 AM EDT
As part of their study, Boston College reviewed 170 public pension plans in the U.S. and found that their average 2016 return was an abysmal 0.6% compared to an average assumed return of 7.6%.
Plan For The Worst
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 9:23 AM EDT
One of the biggest mistakes that people make is assuming markets will grow at a consistent rate over the given time frame to retirement. There is a massive difference between compounded returns and real returns.
"Floating" Up To The Ceiling
Article By:
WisdomTree
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:50 AM EDT
How concerned should investors be about the pending debt ceiling debate? Based on what happened in 2011 and 2013, one would be forgiven for concluding that the 2017 experience will be messy as well.
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Economies No Longer Support Retirement
Article By:
Bernard Dozier
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 3:09 PM EDT
As hard as it is for us to wrap our brains around the fact is that in today's economy, paid retirement (and vacations) are a dying, but accelerating, trend.
How To Dig Yourself Out Of The Boomer Retirement Crisis
Video By:
Steve McDonald
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:29 PM EDT
We don’t seem to be able to get out of our own way. The boomer retirement mess is getting worse, not better.
There’s A Storm A Comin’
Article By:
Roger Nusbaum
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 2:59 PM EDT
Many people plan to have their mortgage paid off by the time they retire, someone who is retired is less likely to save for retirement.
How Much Do You Need For Retirement?
Article By:
Steve McDonald
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 2:57 AM EDT
Juggling an unknown life expectancy, medical expenses, surprise big-ticket items, and being in an environment with unpredictable inflation and interest rates is a daunting task. And most don’t have a clue how much they’ll need to survive it all.
Analyzing The Bull Market Thesis - Saturday, July 21
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 2:37 PM EDT
The bulls currently have the “wind at their backs” as the continued “hope” the Trump administration will foster an age of deregulation, infrastructure spending and tax cuts which will boost corporate earnings in the future.
What Is A Restricted Property Trust?
Article By:
John Jamieson
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 9:01 AM EDT
How successful business owners are putting more money away for retirement than they ever could with a traditional retirement account.