We’ve been focussing on the “senior bust” that many baby boomers will face as they approach retirement. So how can baby boomers avoid the senior bust? The starting point is…
Baby Boomer Retirement May Be A Bust
Unless they take action, many baby boomers are heading for a senior bust. Many of the boomers we know have not saved sufficiently for retirement. Spooked by the last two…
A Sign of Rising Interest Rates?
The U.S. Federal Reserve surprised the market last week by raising the U.S. discount rate by a quarter of a point (0.25%). Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke insists the rate hike…
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Exchange-Traded Funds Have Grown Up
Not long ago, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were hardly ever considered as an investment option for retail investors. While many investors had heard of them, they were generally considered to be…
An Investment For Pessimists
When it comes to investments with exotic sounding names, it’s hard to beat inverse-leveraged exchange-traded funds. Then again, it’s also hard to beat them when the market is sinking. Given…
Welcome Back To 10,000 … Sort Of
“Tonight we’re going to party like it’s 1999.” Prince There was much celebrating on Oct. 14, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000. It was the first…
No Recovery For Most Investors
Two factors make reaching the 10,000 milestone for the Dow what Dorsey Wright calls “the quintessential Pyrrhic victory” for many investors around the world. First, bond funds attracted net deposits…
Roth IRAs May Be Antidote To Rising Taxes, Market Losses
Your retirement portfolio hasn’t fully recovered from the recent bear market, the economy is weak and your taxes will soon be going up. So what can you do about it?…
The Risk of Doing Nothing
I have a confession to make. When I first became an investment manager, I followed the “buy and hold” strategy that almost every investment manager in the industry follows. That…