3 ETFs to Keep You Invested After Retirement
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 13, 9:10AM CST
Once you retire, your investment priorities shift. You are no longer as focused on growing your nest egg as you are on preserving your wealth and generating income. Many of the investments that work best in a portfolio prior to retirement don't...
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Up Next: New 30-Year TIPS Will Auction February 19, 2015
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:21PM CST
The Treasury just announced that it will be auctioning a new 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security on February 19. This is CUSIP 912810RL4 and the coupon rate and yield to maturity will be determined by the auction. Here is how this auction...
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TIPS Versus I Bonds During Deflationary Times, Why I Bonds Will Win
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 6:21PM CST
We don't often see deflationary periods, so I think buyers of Series I Savings Bonds don't understand that their fixed rate can be wiped out by a deflationary inflation-adjusted rate. This has actually only happened once before, in May 2009, when the...
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A Very Pernicious Partnership: Keynesian Money Printers And Wall Street Gamblers
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:53PM CST
No sooner was the January jobs report released than the Wall Street Journal posted a succinct headline: "Hiring, Wages Pick Up as Job Market Nears Full Health". Whether the job market is actually as red hot as the BLS' headline numbers...
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Long Ladders
Dirk Cotton - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 5:06PM CST
Long TIPS bond ladders demonstrate the challenge of matching liabilities in the more distant future, say, funding the last half of a 30-year retirement. This is one of the toughest pieces of retirement funding to figure out for several reasons....
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Updating The Baker's Dozen Portfolio: A Slight Modification Of The IVY 10
Lowell Herr - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 2:02PM CST
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ETFReplay.com Portfolio Update
Scott's Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 8:02PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for February 2015. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
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Felling A Little Blue After January Is Normal
Chelsea Global Advisors - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:35PM CST
Lord Wellington's reaction to Charles I of England's re-formed Parliament in 1633 was to exclaim "I have never seen so many shocking hats in all my life." Today many savers are expressing similar horror at the diminutive or even negative...
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Why U.S. Bond Yields Are Falling
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 10:34PM CST
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TIPS Going Negative Again: Not Good News!
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 6:27AM CST
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Walls Of Worry Persist
Calafia Beach Pundit - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 1:48AM CST
The market is still climbing walls of worry, and that's a good sign. As I see it, here's the bearish case for equities: The Fed is no longer "printing money" and is soon going to begin to raise short-term interest rates. The market has...
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How Federal Reserve Statements Are Affecting The U.S. Dollar: Part One
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 4:13AM CST
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10-Year TIPS Auctions With A Yield Of 0.315%
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 1:58PM CST
The Treasury just announced that its auction of CUSIP 912828H45 - a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security - resulted in a yield to maturity of 0.315% and a coupon rate of 0.250%. Buyers at the auction got a much better yield than...
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Deflation And TIPS: How The Numbers Bring The 'Pain'
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 7:46AM CST
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are often cited as being reasonably safe against deflation, because when held to maturity they will return the original 'par' value, even if deflation strikes with vengeance. In other words, the value can never...
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Preserve Purchasing Power With This ETF
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 8:24AM CST
By Thomas Boccellari Unexpected inflation can be corrosive to a fixed-income portfolio. While bond investors have had to contend with punishingly low interest rates, they have gotten a reprieve on the inflation front. In large part because of...
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Deflation Continues: U.S. Prices Fell Another 0.4% In December - What This Means For TIPS And I Bonds
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 2:26PM CST
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.4% in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today . Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 0.8%. From August until...
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3 Investments Jeffrey Gundlach Loves In 2015
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 11:56AM CST
Yesterday I listened to Jeffrey Gundlach's "2015 Market Outlook" webcast along with much of the financial community. Gundlach has certainly peaked in his notoriety as one of the most prestigious bond fund managers and continues to draw...
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Up Next: New 10-Year TIPS Will Auction Jan. 22, 2015
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 12:54PM CST
The Treasury just announced next week's TIPS auction: CUSIP 912828H45, a new issue with the coupon rate to be determined at auction on Jan. 22, 2015. This auction will come amid a lot of turmoil in financial markets, with Treasury yields...
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What U.S. Interest Rates Have To Worry About
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 2:09AM CST
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'Fast Money' Recap: Stocks Fall After Disappointing Labor Report
at The Street - Sat Jan 10, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed oil company stocks to consider and whether Twitter and Google are attractive investments.
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