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The Supreme Court finally examined the problem with mutual funds with regards to their fees. The result – not much protection for the average retirement investor. The Court decided to rule against further legislation and to keep the onus of fee due diligence on investors. You can imagine that the $11 trillion mutual fund industry [...]
Below is a great check list for retirement planning that came my way courtesy of TIME magazine worth sharing as we take a second (or third) look at our retirement portfolio and wonder if it is on the right track to meet our retirement dreams. Retirement Planning Rethink — and Restore — Your Retirement Dreams Get [...]
This mornings Wall Street Journal Sunday had a compelling yet alarming article ‘Do You Have Enough to Retire? Do the Math‘ that highlights the lack of a retirement portfolio strategy for many of the 80 million baby boomers. “Just how much are you going to need in order to retire comfortably?” the article challenges each of [...]
A recent study released by ratelines.com reveals that most Americans retirement portfolios are underfunded, resulting in many being unprepared for retirement. ”Of the 1,153 workers surveyed, 43% have less than $10,000 set aside in their savings accounts for retirement. Approximately 27% of the workforce have less than $1,000 saved. Both percentages have increased since 2009 reports.” Though the [...]
Has your retirement portfolio – or lack there of- got you up at night? If so, consider reading an excellent round-up article by Jan Rosen of the New York Times ‘Now Is A Perfect Time to Reconstruct A Nest Egg‘ that provides an excellent primer on IRA investing. Even though many investors have been hit [...]
Despite the fact that money is not everything, we all want to reach retirement healthy and financially stable, highlighting the importance of maximizing one’s IRA . The last few years has definitely shaken that ideal at the core, making it a bit harder for one to believe they will retire as once imagined. This reality [...]
The more you read, the more you will uncover the ongoing discussion of how mutual funds are being challenged to reveal the true costs of investing in them. As an article I recently ran across by Ruthie Ackerman demonstrates, “Ask a broker why 12b-1 fees exist and you’ll get a variety of answers. The fees [...]
According to a recent survey by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, preliminary findings indicate fewer than two in 10 Americans are confident of their ability to invest in the stock market, although 60 percent still believe equities are important in a portfolio. With such a huge gap between those feeling comfortable investing in stocks themselves [...]
If you don’t already have your television set to record Jean Chatzky’s Money 911 segment on NBC’s TODAY Show, you might want to as she continues to speak about timely financial topics that are presented in a very straightforward manner, as recently done in an article about retirement plans and investing options. For years, my husband [...]
The news about retirement portfolio investing this week has been a little light, so we start with the lighter side. Kiefer Sutherland’s misfortune is not funny, but we’ve watched our hero in “24″ defy the odds of multiple life and death situations. So it’s ironic that in real life, he too fell victim to an [...]
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