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Last week we discussed variable annuities, how they work, and how they measure up to the popular 401(k) plan. Now, in Part Two of our series, we’re going to examine IRAs – another alternative to...
Maybe it’s just the time of year, what with holiday displays, music, and lights surrounding all of us. Or maybe Wall Street traders are dipping into the eggnog a little early. But whatever the...
The Federal Reserve just made its third interest rate hike this year, and the fifth since our long, slow recovery began back in 2009 (Seems like yesterday, but that was eight years ago!) More...
On Friday, I shared my list of the best-performing, highest-rated ETFs of 2017. Now it’s time to do the same thing for STOCKS! Our Weiss Ratings database contains more than 13,700 stocks, so...
Everybody loves a winner, right? Sadly, my New England Patriots were anything but one this past Sunday against Miami. But the same can’t be said about 2017’s best-performing, top-rated ETFs!...
As the end of 2017 approaches, naturally our minds turn to thoughts of holidays past and present, good times spent with family and friends, the joy of watching our children and grandchildren open...
My colleague Mike Larson just wrote about the Bitcoin Bonanza, and how the best-performing ETF in our database of more than 2,100 such products is a play on the cryptocurrency. But right below...
During the Great Financial Crisis, the biggest banks were some of the hardest to fall (or fail!) If you’re the type of person who prefers safer, smaller banks for your money – to help you sleep at...
Last Thursday, bitcoin mania shifted into overdrive. The cryptocurrency breached the $16,000 level for the first time ever. That happened just a few hours after it blew through $15,000 and 14,000,...
Forget triple-leveraged Exchange Traded Funds. Ignore ETFs that bet on turbocharged foreign markets, red-hot sectors like semiconductors, or the historic collapse in volatility. The year’s...