What Is a Fiduciary? A fiduciary is required by law to recommend only what is in your best financial interest, not theirs. This is very different from most ...
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When it comes to financial strategies celebrity endorsements are all too common. We see Fred G. Thompson promoting reverse mortgages and William Devane talking about precious metals, but ...
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Since the financial crisis, the economy has never been called robust, but it may be in the longest expansion on record, with a couple more years to go. ...
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Does “Buy American” Really Work? At first glance, President Trump’s recently signed executive order “Buy American, Hire American” may sound like a good idea. Forcing companies to hire ...
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Wade Pfau for Forbes.com – Individual investors are vulnerable to the sequence of market returns experienced over their investing lifetimes. Individuals who behave in exactly the same way ...
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Think you’re ready to leave the workforce for good? Not until you read up on these facts. Maurie Backman Mar 28, 2017 at 6:00AM Worried about retirement? You’re ...
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An investment vehicle popular in the Victorian Age but plagued by scandals early in the last century may be coming back. The vehicle is the tontine, a type ...
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With President-elect Donald Trump getting ready to take office and the stock market reaching all-time highs, how are retirees and financial advisors feeling about 2017? The American College ...
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The U.K.’s Guardian tells us, “Yet another study – this one from no less an authority than the non-partisan US Government Accountability Office (GAO) – is here to ...
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We all know that participating in a company-sponsored 401(k) can be instrumental in saving for retirement. Not only that, but we’re encouraged to max out our contributions year ...
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