Traditional vs. Roth IRA
Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), which were created in 1974, are owned by roughly 36.6 million U.S. households. And Roth IRAs, created as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act in 1997, are owned by nearly 27.3 million households.1 Both are … Read more…
Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
Many of us grew up with the concept that making regular, periodic contributions to our retirement account was a sound investment strategy. The idea was that, in a fluctuating market, regularly investing a set amount would enable an individual to … Read more…
Global vs. International. What’s the difference?
With international stock markets comprising about 44.1 percent of the world’s capitalization as of 2021, a broad range of investment opportunities exist outside the borders of the U.S.1 For investors who are looking to diversify their mutual fund portfolio with … Read more…
Managing the Risk of Outliving Your Money
“What is your greatest retirement fear?” If you ask some pre-retirees this question, “outliving my money” may be one of the top answers. In fact, 42% of workers say they fear outliving their savings and investments.1 Retirees face greater “longevity … Read more…
Pullbacks, Corrections, and Bear Markets
When the market drops, some investors lose perspective that downtrends and uptrends are part of the investing cycle. When stock prices break lower, it’s a good time to review common terms that are used to describe the market’s downward momentum. … Read more…
A Look at Diversification
Ancient Chinese merchants were said to have developed a unique way to manage their risk. They would divide their shipments among several different vessels. That way, if one ship were to sink or be attacked by pirates, the rest stood … Read more…
Your Shifting Risk Tolerance
When you created your investment strategy, your asset allocation should have reflected your goals, time horizon, and tolerance for risk. But over time, any of those three factors may have changed, and your portfolio may now need adjustments to reflect … Read more…
How Retirement Spending Changes with Time
New retirees sometimes worry that they are spending too much, too soon. Should they scale back? Are they at risk of outliving their money? This concern may be legitimate. Some households “live it up” and spend more than they anticipate … Read more…
Series I Bonds: Pros & Cons
With fixed-income markets generating lackluster returns so far in 2022, investors have been looking for other ways to generate income in their portfolios. I Bonds, formally known as Series I Savings Bonds, have been one outlet investors have been looking … Read more…
Investing vs. speculation; what’s the difference?
You may have seen the stories on the television or online of people who were able to generate outlandish returns in a short period of time through day trading or derivatives; but is this investing? Even though these traders are … Read more…
