By Glenn Ruffenach When it comes to retirement planning, women need to “out-plan” men. That’s the lesson at the heart of a new report from the MetLife Mature Market Institute and the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University. The study asserts that women – given the unique financial risks they face during their working years …
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Yesterday I found article on the web version of Financial Planning magazine. In it the authors extolled the steps they thought Steve Jobs had taken regarding his estate to minimize the estate tax bills that will eventually come due. They never said what his estimated estate might have been but did suggest that the tax …
From the Financial Times, by Shahien Nasiripour in New York Homeowners across the country struggle to be responsible citizens and make timely payments on their home mortgages. For millions, this is a priority and as a result, other discretionary uses of their money get set set aside. The vacation trip, the weekly visit to a …
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US car sales rose strongly in September, with gloom over economic prospects offset by consumers’ need to replace old vehicles, easier credit conditions and an improved supply of Japanese vehicles. According to preliminary data, light-vehicle sales climbed to slightly more than 13m units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, from 12.1m in August and 11.8m …
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By Mark Williams Gold is losing its glimmer. Last month, gold prices dropped more than $300 an ounce – the largest short-term fall in more than 20 years. This suggests that a decade-long bull market is ending. Gold’s recent volatility is spooking investors and destroying demand. The last bull market for gold ended in 1980, …
This post has to do with Global Economics and our financial future. That’s both YOURS and MINE. It deals with an interview done by a Kate Welling talking with Paul McCulley, the recently retired director of PIMCO. You may have heard of PIMCO. It is a global investment solution provider, headquartered in Newport Beach, CA. …
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There are three basic investment principles to which I adhere and one realization. The three principles are: 1. Seek to minimize losses; 2. Seek to minimize fees; 3. Diversify. Diversification can mean different things to different people. To me, it is not a blind "spread it across all asset categories" approach. Although this is what …
I tried to promise that I would be loss gloomy going forward but it’s turning out to be a difficult task. One positive thing we have going for us is the investment platform that I started using for virtually all clients in the past couple of months. While market crashes are always traumatic, if you …
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Here is your Weekly Insights update from Curian’s Asset Management Group. This informative capital market update is designed to help those who want to manage your own money stay informed about important developments in economics and the markets… CONTINUE READING …
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