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How Will the Election Affect the Market?
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... changing interest rates, or just the normal ebb and flow of the business cycle, in which expansion alternates with recession. The bottom line is that it makes more sense to control what you can control ...
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How to Invest in a Tough Market
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... .44%. Investors are concerned about rising interest rates slowing the economy. They're worried about whether the plunge in oil prices will ultimately lead to bankruptcies in the industry, and hurt banks ...
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Improve Your Financial Health in 2016
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... rates tend to be high. You should expect interest rates to rise even more this year as the Federal Reserve continues to nudge benchmark lending rates upward. In 2015, the typical U.S. household had $15,355 ...
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Interest Rates and Your Mortgage
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The Federal Reserve is poised to start raising interest rates, and many people are considering buying a home or refinancing their current mortgage before rates get much higher. Should you make a move ...
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The Rate Increase and Your Portfolio
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For months, the financial media have been focused on the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will soon start the process of raising interest rates. The expectation of rate increases is one reason the ...
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Beware of the Bond Bears
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... which would lead to spiking interest rates. Because bond prices move inversely with rates, bond values would be crushed. The bond market, many commentators said, was going to get flattened the same way ...
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High-Yield Bonds: Attractive But Increasingly Dangerous
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Over the past few years, the high-yield fixed-income market has been one of the few places where investors could find healthy yields. But if interest rates rise as expected, the high-yield space will quickly ...
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Insured Municipal Bonds Starting to Look Attractive
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... with any investment. One of the main ones in the muni world is how high interest rates will rise; rising rates tend to drive bond prices down. An investor can defend themselves against these rising rates ...
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Avoiding the Rising-Rate Wrecking Ball
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Interest rates are on the rise, and that's bad news for investors in high-quality bonds. Spooked by signals that the Fed may be preparing to end the intervention that has kept interest rates low, bond ...
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Think Twice About Direct Real Estate Investing
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Many of my clients are interested in investing in rental real estate. They see it as a reliable source of retirement income and believe it may be a good alternative to historically low CD and annuity rates, ...