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June 2013

June 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 […]

January 2013

January 1, 2013

January 25, 2013 04:40 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review There were a few conflicts in the headlines that kept investors from moving strongly in either direction. The positive news was a decision by House Republicans to extend the debt ceiling for three months with no conditions other than a requirement that the Senate […]

December 2012

December 1, 2012

December 21, 2012 04:55 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review I’m looking forward to the upcoming holidays and hope you are, too. Absent some significant event, I plan to take next week off. There’s won’t be a weekly Retirement Money Memo. I’ll be back the following week to start off the new year. Another […]

November 2012

November 1, 2012

November 30, 2012 04:40 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review There’s still room available at my next free online investment presentation, but slots are filling up. I’ll try to make some sense and order of current economic and market issues and answer the question: How should you manage your portfolio in this environment? You […]

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