This Thanksgiving holiday weekend, you are very likely to find at least a few minutes of down time. Here is a quick idea to protect and profit from those few minutes alone. Review your current company 401(k) retirement plan holdings. Open your most recent quarterly...
The vast majority of individual investors pay little or no attention to their individual company 401(k) retirement plan accounts. There are many reasons; here are the most likely suspects. No time. No experience. No expertise in money and investment matters. An...
Central banks around the world have used all the tools available to them to keep interest rates near all-times lows. This phenomenon has allowed bond prices to soar to near all-time highs. The bond mutual funds that you own in your company 401(k) retirement plan...
Over the weekend, a good client of mine sent me a link to a Wall Street Journal article posted back in May that includes an interactive interest rate/bond price calculator. U.S. interest rates will eventually rise. Interest rates may rise sooner, and much faster, than...
There was a great article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the dramatic changes in how large institutions are managing their money. The link to the article is listed below: The Dying Business of Picking Stocks This article reminded me of how difficult it is...
Your current company 401(k) retirement plan account is certainly near all-time highs. There are several key factors involved in these record high levels. Previous personal annual contributions and company-matching contributions have been added to a rising stock market...
