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September 2014
September 25, 2014 04:20 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review I’m going to be out of the office most of Friday, so I’m wrapping this report and posting it on Thursday this week. A lot was weighing on the markets early in the week. After hitting new highs last week, stock indices could be […]
How to Integrate IRAs into Estate Planning
IRAs are among the most valuable assets in many estates. The right moves can maximize the after-tax value of the IRAs for the objects of your affection. Too often, not enough thought is given to the different ways IRAs can be handled in an estate plan, so the value isn’t maximized. The IRAs don’t create […]
Best Paying Annuities Today – Part 2
This month we continue our survey of the best-paying annuities available today, which we began last month. Let’s start with Table 1 on the next page. This is a collection of the best annuities for certain situations or goals. If you’re looking at indexed annuities and want to maximize growth, consider Fidelity & Guaranteed’s LegendMark. […]
Enhancing Your Medicare Benefits
Many people get Medicare wrong. That’s a shame, because it is the main retirement medical insurance for most Americans. Fortunately, you can fix most of the problems, and we’re entering the time of year for shaping up your Medicare benefits. In the last couple of years I’ve seen a lot of research revealing the mistakes […]
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The Cost of Living – Where Your Dollar Goes Farthest
Here’s an interesting post that tries to compare the cost of living in different parts of the U.S. The basis of the article is data from the government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis and a report using that data from the Tax Foundation. Not surprisingly, it indicates that the cost of living, or the value of […]
Active vs. Passive Investing: The Wrong Question
There’s quite a bit of scholarship and media devoted to the issue of active vs. passive investing in stocks. The conclusion across the board is that passive investing is the sure winner. But that’s only a simplistic way to look at the choices. The studies comparing the two inevitably include a lot of funds that […]
Building the Case for Medicare Advantage
The Medicare Advantage alternative to traditional Medicare is increasing in popularity among beneficiaries but it isn’t popular among many Washington politicians. They’ve been trying to strangle the system for several years. They claim it costs too much. But that might not be the case. Take a look at this piece by someone who used to […]
An Optimistic Case for Stocks Prices
Economist Brad DeLong pushes back against the notion that stocks are overvalued and a bad investment at this point. The article is a little long and makes a number of points. He attacks a number of commonly-held views, such as that mean reversion is normal and inevitable, and that the long-term average of valuations is […]
