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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 Jon D. Markman On January 8, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is a crazy time. Everywhere you look, there seems to be a bubble forming. Cryptocurrencies, commodities and global stocks are all soaring.
And it is not just the gains. It is the velocity....
By Mike Larson On January 8, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Last week wasn’t just a holiday week at the Larson household. It marked a family milestone: We dropped my stepson off at college for the first time. Naturally, we’re apprehensive about some of...
By Jon D. Markman On January 5, 201802:00 PM Eastern
There is a new way to get rich. It is as simple as creating digital money.
Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple — a real-time, digital payment network — is now the fifth-richest person in...
By Mike Larson On January 5, 201811:07 AM Eastern
Is it really 2018 already? Wow!
I have to tell you, when I was a kid watching cartoons like the Jetsons or movies like Star Wars, I thought we’d all be driving flying cars or reading about...
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 January 3, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Naysayers. It is the beginning of the year, so they are out in full force. They are the people telling you about all the great technology advances that didn’t happen in 2017.
Last...
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...