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September 2013
September 27, 2013 06:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review You can look for interest rates to decline in coming months. Most investors and analyst concluded from the Fed’s taper talk in May and June that interest rates were on an endless upward rise. Markets pushed rates substantially higher. The Fed didn’t have to […]
August 2013
August 30, 2013 05:15 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review The week started with the big news being about potential military action against Syria. The increased potential for an action moved markets. But as the week went on, the data started to move markets. The most recent data is weaker than the lagging data, […]
July 2013
July 26, 2013 05:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review This was a quiet week in the markets and the economy. All markets traded in fairly narrow ranges but trended towards negative territory. Next week will be a big week for data, with the employment situations reports coming on Friday along with personal income […]
June 2013
June 27, 2013 04:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review I hope each of you has a good July 4th. Because of the light schedule in the market and economic data next week, I probably won’t issue a report unless there is a significant surprise. If all goes according to plan, I’ll be back […]
May 2013
May 31, 2013 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review This was a very volatile week in the markets, and it looked like investors were looking for excuses to take profits in some assets that did well in recent months. Japanese stocks took a big dive on Tuesday and again on Friday. This came […]
April 2013
April 26, 2013 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review Is the government going to confiscate your retirement account or other financial accounts? Recent news stories brought that fear front and center for many Americans. First, there was the news that Cyprus enacted a “bail-in”. Bank account holders effectively had a percentage of their […]
March 2013
March 29, 2013 12:00 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review You still can attend my upcoming presentations in May. The first is one of our regular free online investment presentations. This one is May 1 at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. I’ll discuss “Adjusting Your Investments for 2013’s Second Half.” You can register at this […]
February 2013
February 22, 2013 04:25 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review A couple of factors were at work in the markets this week. After opening the year with seven weeks of gains, including the strongest January since 1997, many investors were looking for a reason to sell. They got it with the release of the […]
