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By Gavin Magor On February 1, 201807:50 AM Eastern
I’ll bet that, like almost everyone I know, you complain like heck about the cost of your home insurance -- usually once a year when you get the annual statement. But you probably just pay it...
By Gavin Magor On January 30, 201807:45 AM Eastern
One of the nation’s leading bank sector experts is long-time analyst Dick Bove. So, I took note of comments he just made. The short version? Just like me, he’s bullish on banks — and especially...
By Gavin Magor On January 25, 201808:00 AM Eastern
My home state of Florida is talking about dropping the Personal Injury Protection requirements from its insurance mandates. Seems legislators think the system is outdated and ineffective at...
By Gavin Magor On January 23, 201808:00 AM Eastern
If you had to make a bet, and you knew that 37 times out of 39 you would win, how much money would you wager? After all, this isn’t a coin flip, some 50/50 probability game. This is tossing the...
By Gavin Magor On January 18, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Thinking about your long-term care options isn’t something many of us want to do. It involves asking delicate questions – of ourselves and our loved ones. Given the surging cost of care, one of...
By Gavin Magor On January 16, 201808:00 AM Eastern
After years of scraping along at virtually zero, U.S. interest rates are starting to shoot higher!
One factor is the Federal Reserve. It raised rates in mid-December and signaled to expect three...
By Gavin Magor On January 11, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Over the span of the last few weeks, I shared all the ins-and-outs of variable annuities and the alternatives to them (including fixed annuities). You can read parts one, two, three, and four of...
By Gavin Magor On January 9, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Investing in bank stocks should be a straightforward decision. If you know the cost of money and you know how a given bank operates, the result is “automatic” profits (in theory). The first data...
By Gavin Magor On January 4, 201802:52 PM Eastern
It’s a new year, and hopefully, it’s already starting off with a bang for you! To wrap up our voyage through variable annuity alternatives … and give you a leg up when it comes to financial...
By Gavin Magor On January 2, 201809:12 AM Eastern
The ink is barely dry on the big tax cut bill, with President Trump signing the Tax Cut and Jobs Act into law 11 days ago. But as investors comb through the details, they’re finding that one...