Less than 10% of employee-sponsored retirement plans offer an annuity option, although this may change with new federal legislation about to be passed. There is much debate about whether it is a good idea to put some or all of your retirement savings into an annuity, and there are arguments for this on both sides. […]
The first half of 2019 has brought anything but calm and clear waters, but both stocks and bonds have navigated all the big waves that have come pretty nicely so far. We started 2019 with a bit of a hangover from the previous quarter, the way some people wake up on New Year’s Day, but […]
Quite a few people pay attention to recommendations set by Wall Street analysts. These recommendations can be quite useful, but only when used properly. Where a stock’s price is likely headed is a big question that all investors ask themselves, from the moment that they are considering buying a stock to when it comes time […]
People have been predicting the death of Bitcoin for a long time now, prior to its meteoric rise, and especially during the ensuing collapse. The monster is far from dead now. Comparing Bitcoin to the Dutch tulip craze of the 16th century, Tulip Mania as it is known as, might have held some weight at […]
While Fed Chairman Jerome Powell did appear to make his intentions pretty clear last week, the street somehow interpreted this to mean a rate cut will be coming very soon. For those who witnessed the statements by the Federal Reserve last week after the latest session of the meeting of their Open Market Committee, the […]
Some economists are warning that the slowing housing market might bring on a recession or at least slow down growth too much. We need to look at the whole picture. There are all sorts of things that may concern us about the economy, and by extension, the health of the stock market and our investments. […]
As unrealistic as Medicare for All is, health care stocks, especially insurers, got hammered by the very idea. Humana gave back almost 20% from this. Is it on the way back now? Humana was a delightful stock from the fall of 2016 until the fall of 2018, where it more than doubled in value over […]
While investors often use bonds and gold to hedge against stock market plunges, all three assets going up at the same time is leaving some of them quite confused. In spite of all the talk that we’ve heard about the 10-year bull market with stocks coming to an end, it just has kept going, with […]
The stock market and gold often move in different directions, but both are well up for the year. Both markets have done very well in June as well. Gold is on a real run now. Back in the old days, investing in gold meant buying gold bullion and storing it. Gold has had a very […]
Initial public offerings, or IPOs, usually generate a fair bit of excitement one way or the other, and are known to be quite volatile. The excitement isn’t always there though. Slack is a maker of business software, with their particular focus being on offering enterprises a better way of communicating than using traditional e-mail. E-mail […]
