{"id":609,"date":"2010-08-04T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T16:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2016-12-21T07:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T15:34:46","slug":"the-yo-yo-market-will-your-retirement-plans-meet-your-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/the-yo-yo-market-will-your-retirement-plans-meet-your-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yo-Yo Market &#8212; Will Your Retirement Plans Meet Your Needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is a lazy time of the year, and the market was certainly relaxed until mid-July.  The major indices dropped by over 2% as bad news spooked investors.  The talking heads in the mainstream media continued blabbing about a double dip recession.  Everyone seems to have a macro-economic forecast.  A little <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recession_shapes\">perspective from Wikipedia<\/a> shows how absurd these alphabet predictions can get.  Did you know that there are also V-shaped, U-shaped, W-shaped, and L-shaped recessions?  We like Warren Buffett&#8217;s quip: &#8220;The cemetery for seers has a huge section set aside for macro forecasters.&#8221;  Andy Kessler&#8217;s recent article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703792704575366642167190202.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion#printMode\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> may be the most credible explanation of today&#8217;s market dynamics with  his description of a &#8220;yo-yo&#8221; market.<\/p>\n<p>MarketRiders helps you invest as elite endowments, pensions, and foundations do, except that we are able to help you invest in &#8220;alternative&#8221; asset classes like private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.  Investing in alternatives is costly because of the due diligence and expertise required in selecting managers.  Fund-of-Fund products sold by brokers help select managers (although many missed Madoff), and they give you some access to funds.  However their outrageous fees eradicate all the benefits.  Don&#8217;t fret about missing out on alternatives.  We bring you a study showing that these investments aren&#8217;t delivering as promised.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington-based Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE66C57820100713\">study<\/a> to wake up anyone over 40 years old who doesn&#8217;t have a retirement plan in place.  The study shows that because we&#8217;re living longer and the market has not done well recently, you may be working well into your golden years.<\/p>\n<p>If you get worried about retirement, you can quickly build a comprehensive plan with <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.money.cnn.com\/tools\/retirementplanner\/retirementplanner.jsp\">CNN Money&#8217;s retirement calculator<\/a>.  It is a sophisticated, easy-to-use, free tool.  Take some time one lazy day this summer and check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is a lazy time of the year, and the market was certainly relaxed until mid-July. The major indices dropped by over 2% as bad news spooked investors. 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