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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 Jon D. Markman On December 29, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Trading near $14,000, Bitcoin is up 1,500% this year. And still, most investors would be hard-pressed to explain the monetary unit in a paragraph or two.
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized,...
By Mike Larson On December 29, 201708:22 AM Eastern
The best-performing, highest-rated ETFs. The best-performing, highest-rated stocks. The best-performing fixed-income investments. I’ve spent a lot of time recently looking back at which trends and...
By Gavin Magor On December 28, 201709:05 AM Eastern
How much do you value safety when it comes to investing? That’s what the choice between a traditional variable annuity and the next two competing products in our educational series boils down...
By Mike Larson On December 22, 201711:20 AM Eastern
Bonds. Sometimes I feel like they’re the Rodney Dangerfield of the investing world. They don’t get no respect. But the truth is, they’re a crucial component to your investment portfolio. And...
By Gavin Magor On December 21, 201710:20 AM Eastern
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...
By Jon D. Markman On December 18, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Let’s be honest. A year ago, investors assumed Wal-Mart Inc. (WMT) was dead money, another casualty of the Amazon.com (AMZN) retail juggernaut.
Its $3 billion acquisition of Jet.com, a...
By Mike Larson On December 18, 201708:00 AM Eastern
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...
By Mike Larson On December 15, 201708:00 AM Eastern
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!...
By Gavin Magor On December 14, 201708:00 AM Eastern
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...