Estate planning is not one of my primary areas of expertise, which is why I don’t discuss it on the blog very often. In the hope of being able to be more helpful to you folks though, I’ve been starting to develop my knowledge of estate planning topics …
Category: Finance
The Pros and Cons of Sector Mutual Funds – U.S. News & World Report (blog)
U.S. News & World Report (blog)The Pros and Cons of Sector Mutual FundsU.S. News & World Report (blog)What is a sector fund? A sector fund is a type of mutual or exchange-traded fund which invests in a slice of the total investment market. The sector fund may …
Verizon Wireless Drops Most Data Plan Prices by $10, But Existing Customers Must Opt-In
Verizon Wireless positions itself as a premium service. They have the biggest 4G LTE footprint, but they also seem to cost more across the board. For people that depend on reliable phone and data service for their work, the extra price is often worth it. However, Verizon just announced a …
Stocks to Watch: Wisconsin Energy, Oracle, GE are stocks to watch
Wisconsin Energy Corp., Oracle Corp., and General Electric Co. may all see active trading after deals, or talk of deals.
Small Caps Lead a Light Volume Session
Today’s stock market session was a positive one as small caps leading the way. Volume did not meet expectations, but given the big moves over the past few sessions it is not a surprise. It was nice to see the market reverse yesterday’s losses after the ECB announcement. Crude oil …
John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: These bond ETFs protect your money from inflation’s bite
Some investment analysts are recommending U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). If you agree, the best way to go about it is with index-based ETFs, writes John Prestbo.
Oil Prices Most Volatile Since 2009
The nearly 20 percent rally in oil prices over the past week raised hopes in the oil industry that the financial bloodshed might be over. But hopes were quickly dashed on February 4 when prices erased much of their gains – March deliveries of WTI dropped by a whopping 8 percent in a …
Statoil to cut spending after oil decline
Capex will be reduced by 10{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} this year
The Fed is accused of complacency
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve (FOMC) will meet on Wednesday amid signs that the broad consensus among economists in favour of an interest rate increase around mid year is beginning to crumble. So far, there is no public indication that Ms Yellen and her key supporters …
British Revised GDP
About 5 minutes ago, the British Revised GDP figures were released, showing a -0.6 decline rather than -0.7{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}. This is basically what investors expected. Immediately following the result, the GBP/USD cross dipped below the 1.6300 mark. However, soon after trader confidence pushed the GBP/USD pair back up to the 1.6310 level. Therefore…
How To Use Market Losses To Trim Your Taxes
If your losses exceed gains, you can use the excess to reduce your ordinary income up to $3,000 per year
Why You Become Happier With Age
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Don’t be in such a hurry to get to the finish line.
Buttonwood: Not kicking the habit
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Capitalism’s unlikely heroes Fly Title: Buttonwood Rubric: The world is still addicted to debt EIGHT years have passed since subprime mortgages started to go disastrously wrong, but the after-effects of the debt crisis are still around. So, as a new report from the …
Syriza and the French indemnity of 1871-73
The euro crisis is a crisis of Europe, not of European countries. It is not a conflict between Germany and Spain (and I use these two countries to represent every European country on one side or the other of the boom) about who should be deemed irresponsible, and so should …
Trade Setups in USD-Majors Around January Nonfarm Payrolls
Economists have tended to overestimate the January jobs figure – which pairs are best suited for the outcome?
USD/CHF Technical Analysis: Still Treading Water Below 0.93
Read entire story. Source: DailyFX – Technical Analysis
Grains Rally, Some Softs Don’t Follow
Grains rallied today following yesterday’s losses. Many other softs gained as ;well, though not all of ;them. Among losers were coffee, …
Jeb Bush Declares His Support For Raising the Capital Gains Tax, Ending the ‘Carried Interest’ Tax Break, and Taxing Most Inherited Wealth. …
To be sure, after distancing himself from Romney’s formulation, Bush launched into a speech that was loaded up with the usual anti-government boilerplate. Bush did say that “only a small portion” of Americans are “riding the economy’s up escalator,” in keeping with his apparent goal — which is …