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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Here’s a big “thank you” to all of you who voted for “The New Rules of Retirement” as the best retirement book. Seniorhomes.com informed me that we were successful. Thanks to you, Seniorhomes.com named my book the winner. As a further thank you, I am providing what I hope is a highly useful weekly update. […]
Selling an investment is one of the hardest things investors do. They don’t want to sell losing investments, because they don’t want to give up or admit they’re wrong. Many people often don’t want to sell winning investments, either, for a wide range of reasons. In this article, Ben Hunt explains the importance of selling […]
Many analysts are misreading the economy because they assume the future will be just like the past. Many analysts say it’s time for a downturn because we’ve had a very long expansion and bull market and the Fed is tightening the money supply. The combination usually leads to a recession and a bear market. Yet, many […]
There are many different vehicles through which to own commodities, including gold, and there are different tax rules for them. Be sure you know the tax consequences of a commodity invest- ment before adding it to your portfolio. There are two basic ways to invest in commodities. (Options contracts are a third potential way, but they are […]
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Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) become more complicated as balances increase and distributions are taken. It is important to understand some key rules so you won’t trigger additional taxes and penalties or miss some grand opportunities you didn’t know were available. Examples of people making IRA mistakes come my way almost every day in court cases, […]
First, I’d like you to know there’s a little time left to make my book an award winner. The revised edition of “The New Rules of Retirement” is nominated for Best Retirement Book by Senior Homes. The highest online vote-getter will be the winner, and right now I’m in third place and need additional votes. […]
The investment firm AQR recently produced a paper discussing how to allocate portfolios in a world of zero interest rates. In particular, they asked whether bonds have a role in a portfolio when interest rates are near zero. Their answer is bonds do have a role, but it is a narrower one than in the […]
Vanguard’s had a large fund invested exclusively in an index of real estate stocks. Recently, real estate stocks were added as a separate sector to the S&P 500, boosting their share of the index. The result is that the various Vanguard funds are now the largest shareholders in most real estate investment trusts in the […]
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