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The right time to buy dividend stocks
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

With the market getting overextended for several months now, and my unwillingness to chase many dividends stocks, it is time to reflect on whether I am doing the right thing or not. Some stocks...

Article | Mar 18, 2010 | Views: 424 | Comments: 0 
Tags: dividend stocks, retirement planning

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7 Retirement Planning Factors You Cannot Predict
Submitted by StephenDraper  (www.moneyhelpforchristians.com)

Often we are told to ask the question, “Will I have enough for retirement?” On the surface that certainly is a valid question. However, the younger a person is the more variables exist that...

Article | Feb 11, 2010 | Views: 73 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement planning

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Inflation Proof your income in retirement with Dividend Stocks
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

Investors who are worried about inflation but want to protect their principal are often told to invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which are indexed for inflation. In other words,...

Article | Jan 20, 2010 | Views: 142 | Comments: 0 
Tags: dividend stocks, retirement planning, dividend, dividends, financial planning, retirement income, dividend income

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Capital gains for dividend investors
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

While dividends have produced about 40% of average annual returns each year over the past 8 decades, capital gains are important as well. If investors believe that the company’s performance over...

Article | Jan 19, 2010 | Views: 69 | Comments: 0 
Tags: dividend stocks, retirement planning, dividend, dividend investing, dividends, capital gains

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Dividend Aristocrats List for 2010
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

The dividend aristocrats list includes companies which have increased dividends for over 25 years in a row. It is equally weighted and re-balanced once an year. Over the past 3,5 and 7 years the...

Article | Jan 15, 2010 | Views: 215 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, retirement planning, dividend, dividend investing, dividend stock, dividend aristocrats

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How Retirees Can Spend Enough, but Not Too Much
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

Until a few years ago, the standard advice for retirees was that a withdrawal rate of 4 percent or 4.5 percent was about the best you could do. However, several studies have suggested that...

Article | Sep 3, 2009 | Views: 165 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, retirement, stock market, stocks, investing, personal finance, retirement planning, investment, iras

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No Quick Recovery for Hard-Hit Target-Date Mutual Funds
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Given the dramatic, wealth-killing market Crash of 2008, it's not surprising that target-date funds faced a lot of criticism in recent months. Some of these so-called set-it-and-forget-it...

Article | Jul 6, 2009 | Views: 125 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, retirement, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, retirement planning, mutual funds, bond funds, target date funds

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Investor's life savings wiped out in GM's bankruptcy
Submitted by ktexas  (www.dailyherald.com)

This is a good lesson on the importance of diversification. From the article: Byrnes said that, like most investors, he saw bonds as a conservative investment when he decided about five years...

Article | Jun 5, 2009 | Views: 187 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, investing, retirement planning, gm, bankruptcy, risks

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The boom in sales of fixed immediate annuities
Submitted by ktexas  (finance.yahoo.com)

One unexpected side effect of the recent financial crisis: a boom in sales of fixed immediate annuities, which dispense guaranteed income for life. Sales at New York Life, the largest issuer, hit...

Article | May 14, 2009 | Views: 188 | Comments: 0 
Tags: annuities, investing, retirement planning, guaranteed income, immediate annuities, new york life

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Some annuities can offer a safe haven during tough economic times - but there are risks
Submitted by ktexas  (www.boston.com)

One type of investment heavily marketed is annuities, which can provide a guaranteed income after retirement. What the ads don't say is that some annuities can be as risky as buying stocks. One...

Article | Apr 10, 2009 | Views: 160 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, taxes, annuities, savings, investing, retirement planning, guaranteed income

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Failing pension plans could overwhelm Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Submitted by ktexas  (www.boston.com)

Just months before the start of last year's stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy...

Article | Mar 30, 2009 | Views: 223 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, retirement, stock market, retirement planning, recession, pensions

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The 7 new rules of financial security
Submitted by ktexas  (money.cnn.com)

In a world turned upside down, you must re-examine some basic assumptions on risk, cash, human capital, borrowing, housing, diversification and retirement.

Article | Mar 18, 2009 | Views: 174 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, stock market, investing, retirement planning

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Three Wise Men Offer Three Takes On the Economy and the Stock Market
Submitted by ktexas  (www.washingtonpost.com)

Bond guru Bill Gross says he's sold off all the stocks in his retirement portfolio, down to the very last share. The world as we know it, he says, has "changed almost overnight." But legendary...

Article | Mar 16, 2009 | Views: 138 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, retirement planning, recession



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