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There are a number of strategies that you can follow as you attempt to reach your retirement goal. One of these strategies is investing based on your age. This is especially popular for those planning retirement. By creating an investment plan based on age, it is possible for many to shift their asset allocation in [...]

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Simple answer is No.
But maybe not for the reason you think.
Inflation can be neutral to stocks and other real assets
Inflation means rising costs and prices. It also means rising asset values. It means that the currency has lost its buying power and it now takes more of it to buy the same amount of benefit. [...]

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Commission Free ETFs May Not be Such a Great Deal

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Shortly after Schwab started offering transaction fee free trading in it’s proprietary line of Exchange Traded Funds, Fidelity has now rolled out free trading in iShares ETFs to its retail and advisor accounts. For an ETF investor, these appear to be a great news and no doubt in the coming months more brokerages will likely [...]

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How to Invest Now With Little Money to Start

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No more debts? Want to start investing but don’t know where? Here are my suggestions for anyone just looking for a smart, sensible way to get started in investing now.

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Age-Based Investment Strategy Can Hurt You

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You have heard that you should invest more aggressively when you are young, and become gradually more conservative as you age.  Fund companies help with the conventional wisdom by creating target retirement date, or “lifecycle” funds.  These funds shift the asset allocation from almost all stocks for younger workers to mostly bonds for older employee [...]

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Planning for a Prosperous Retirement

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Retirement is one of those nebulous goals that we set for the future. Often, we do little beyond think about retirement, and perhaps set money aside through a retirement plan offered by an employer. However, preparing for a prosperous retirement requires active planning and action now. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself, five years away from your [...]

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Investing in Emerging Markets

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If you have the risk tolerance for them, emerging market investments can add a little extra growth and diversification to your investment portfolio. When investing in emerging markets, be sure you understand the risks involved.

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Mutual Fund Investing with Style

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Mutual fund investing can be simplified using styles. A stylebox classification for both equity and bond funds exist and are widely used. We review how to interpret mutual fund styles to develop a good investment strategy

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Asset Allocation using 10-5-3 Rule

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In the ongoing series on Investing Basics, we look at Asset Allocation. The 10-5-3 investing rule uses the long term estimated returns of various asset classes to help determine one’s asset allocation. We investigate how this strategy works and what are the potential pitfalls of using this strategy.

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Retirement Plans – Managing Risk with Safe Investments

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Are you worried that your retirement plans have stalled due to the market volatility? Are you sick of watching your investments lose ground day after day? Should you sell? Buy? or Hold? Here are few safe investments to consider that will help in managing risk and reduce your portfolio volatility and at the same time provide respectable returns

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