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The recent stock market downturn shook a lot of investors who had gotten used to seemingly never-ending good times during the past few boom years. An across-the-board drop in all equity classes last quarter — small, large, U.S. and foreign — was a slap of cold reality.
Did you get a sense of dread every time you …
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No one wants to pay more than necessary for health insurance or prescription drugs. But every year, many enrollees in Medicare Part D prescription coverage plans end up wasting thousands of dollars.
This occurs simply because they fail to review and evaluate the changes that are being made to their current plans for the coming year. Insurance …
Medicare Part D is the drug coverage for those on Standard Medicare and covers the majority of seniors in the US. Every year millions of seniors make simple errors that cost them hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars on their drug coverages.
Near the end of each year the insurance companies that offer Medicare Part D drug plans change their …
Most investors think about asset allocation, risk and return, and passive versus active strategies when making investment decisions. But taxes should be a primary concern as well because they can have a major impact on your overall returns.
Here’s a closer look at five areas where the right action can lower your tax bill on investments.
This is a simple question and for most investors that are pondering the question, the answer is YES. The two reasons are that most investors do not properly understand their holdings and most advisors are not providing clients with the information so the clients understand what they own.
To best answer the question in your specific case, you need to …
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“What’s in your wallet?” Most everyone has heard the question posed in commercials for Capital One credit cards. It’s pretty catchy, but perhaps an even more important question is this: What’s in your financial plan?
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. Generally speaking, the reason to have a financial plan is to better balance …
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The financial life of a typical college student is rather simple, but unfortunately, many students still aren’t equipped to handle money. They often arrive at college not knowing how to budget, how credit cards work or how to understand ATM and debit card fees. And while many students take out loans to attend school, they may not …
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With women controlling more than half of all personal wealth in the U.S., you’d think financial advisors would be working extra hard to appeal to female clients — especially when you consider that women are more likely than men to seek help from a financial professional.
And yet, research shows many women are far from satisfied with …
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There are so many articles and books about retirement that it would take practically your entire retirement to read them all. However, there are really just eight primary factors that determine your chances of retirement success. And of these key drivers, only half are fully within your control.
You should understand these factors, …
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There are many reasons why people don’t succeed in investing. Whether it’s information overload, impatience, a lack of necessary tools or simple bad luck, plenty of things can derail a good plan.
In most cases, though, it’s the investor who’s responsible for his or her own failure. We make decisions based on emotions and character traits that …