3 Ways to Avoid Taxes on Your Investments
Alexander MacLennan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 02, 3:01PM CST
The taxman will have his due, but there's no reason you should give him more than you have to. Source: Flickr user kev-shine. Paying taxes can put a major dent into your investment returns, especially if you don't plan ahead to minimize your tax...
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Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.128
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 2:10PM CST
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Best High-Yield Bond Funds For 2015 - Part 3
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 12:57AM CST
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My Income Portfolio Quarterly Update (Q4 2014)
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High-Yield Municipal Index ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.135
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 3:43PM CST
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Want Yield? Try On-Sale Energy Stocks, MLPs, Munis, Says Weatherstone's Michael Ball
at The Street - Tue Dec 09, 12:43PM CST
Energy stocks are out of favor due to sinking oil prices, but rising yields are making them an attractive contrarian play, said Weatherstone Capital Management’s Michael Ball.
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Contagion And Confidence
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 11:49AM CST
Whatever happened to the muni meltdown? Four years ago there was mounting hysteria regarding municipal finance. Jefferson County, Alabama; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Stockton, California—places with hundreds of thousands of...
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When Defensive Stocks Are No Longer Defensive
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 26, 1:12AM CST
A confluence of factors helped U.S. equities rebound more than 12% from their October low, pushing valuations to their highest level since 2009. Besides extraordinary foreign central bank monetary stimulus (with the latest shot of adrenaline coming...
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Bond Market Update: Municipals Outperformed Corporates Handily In 2014
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 12:18PM CST
We’ve had a tougher year in our balanced and fixed income accounts, mainly because like the 99% of the other money managers in the universe of money management, we thought interest rates would rise again this year, (sentiment should have been a...
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Keeping More Of Your ETF Capital Gains And Income
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Oct 27, 5:35PM CDT
According to the Social Security Administration, the average monthly benefit for retired workers of 65 years of age is $1,300 per month, or $15,600 per year. Median family income in the United States is currently $54,000. With roughly 20 percent of...
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Market Review And Outlook: 3rd Quarter, 2014
Samson Capital Advisors - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 11:07AM CDT
[Originally published 10/20/2014] The 3rd quarter of 2014 could have been one of great turbulence and uncertainty. It opened with a confluence of geopolitical happenings that ordinarily would have jolted the markets. Instead, the stock and bond...
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Detroit agrees to deal with major holdout creditor
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