Worried About Everything: Bonds, Stocks, Gold
A recently retired reader friend is worried about, inflation, deflation, bonds, stocks, banks, and gold. My friend is better off than most.…
Inflation
3 Tips to Guard Your Money Against Inflation
Inflation may be creeping up on Americans, which could mean your investments and retirement savings won’t be worth as much as you…
To Buy Bonds or Not to Buy Bonds?
To buy bonds or not to buy bonds? This is the question of the hour. Here’s some information that will help you…
Perfect Investment to Protect Cash From Inflation
Since inflation has been tame in recent years, it’s easy to forget about it’s violent impact. Yet, TIPs bonds can protect your…
The Fed is About to Crash The Markets Again
The Fed is about to crash the markets again. Mark Twain is reputed to have said: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does…
3 Best Performing Long Bond ETFs of Past Month
Despite calls for rising interest rates, the recent bout of volatility triggered a massive shift into safe-haven assets, bolstering long-term fixed-income assets…
Asset Allocation Based on the Inflation Trend
This inflation guide explains why the inflation trend should be a major consideration in your portfolio asset allocation. Then we examine each…
Why do People Invest?
Maybe you’re new to investing and you aren’t sure about the concept on the whole. Maybe you are wondering why people invest…
Should You Accept a Pension Buyout Offer?
Corporate pension buyout offers have been in the news in recent years with companies like Hartford Financial Services offering lump-sum payment options…
On the Middle Ground Stands Mr. Powell
By SNW Asset Management via Iris.xyz “We are trying to take the middle ground,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when asked about…
Best Bond ETFs for Rising Rates, Inflation
As the growth outlook strengthens and the Federal Reserve responds with a tighter monetary policy, bond ETF investors will have to adapt…
U.S. Inflation: A Case of High Anxiety?
There is no doubt that inflation fear has reared its ugly head early in 2018, impacting the money and bond markets in…
Management Inflation in Retirement
Inflation has seemed tame or even non-existent in recent years. The threat of inflation, along with the potential for the Federal Reserve…
How to Handle Inflation-Tips and Strategies
Prices are inching up from recent years, although, nothing like the double digit inflation rates of the 1980’s. In 1980-1982 inflation rates…