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10 Investment Tips for 2017

Advice from the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy to help investors make better informed investment decisions and avoid common scams in 2017: Always check the background of an investment professional—it is easy and free. You can find details of an investment professional’s background and qualifications through the search tool on the SEC’s website [...]

Retirement Age to Rise to 69?

Legislation has been introduced to the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee that among other things would: increase full retirement age at which workers could claim benefits after 12/31/29 raise for workers the “early retirement age” to 69 change how benefits are calculated to increase benefits for lower-income workers while slowing the growth of [...]

Common IRA RMD Mistakes

Retirement savers in Required Minimum Distribution status likely (or at least should) know some of the basics. Some retirement savers will have reached age 70 ½ this year and begin taking their first RMDs. A popular strategy involves aggregation. IRS rules state that an RMD should be calculated for each account separately. Then, where aggregation [...]

Capturing 100% of the Downside

Passive investing (i.e. indexing) has been beaten into our heads as the “best” method of achieving our investment goals. There’s a lot to like. Internal operating expenses are low and, generally, most actively-managed funds cannot beat or exceed their benchmark. So why not index? Here’s the inconvenient truth. Investors focusing solely on cost and return [...]

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