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[30 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]

In the coming days and weeks, leading Democrats will make the case that their historic trouncing at the polls last night was the inevitable fallout of a brutal economy. There’s a bit of d?j? vu here: George Bush blamed his plummeting approval ratings on an unpopular war.
It’s not just the economy, stupid

Money Management »

[7 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]

CHICAGO, June 26 (UPI) — think you’ve saved enough to retire in style? about half of Americans think so. whether they’re right or wrong depends largely on the economy and exactly how they define enough.
Keith Brannan, vice president of financial security planning for Country Financial of Bloomington, Ill., said about two-thirds of people queried think the magic number for retirement is $1 million.
“One-million dollars is a lot of money,” Brannan said. “I think you can retire on $1 million. It all depends on the plan you have in place.”
In the …

401(k)s & IRAs »

[6 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]

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[10 May 2011 | No Comment | ]

The Federal Reserve has kept a tight lid on interest rates?since?the financial crisis brought the markets crashing down?three years ago,?but as the economy gains steam, interest-rate hikes are coming ??possibly later this year. Should investors be worried?

Investing with an eye toward interest-rate hikes

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[6 Apr 2011 | No Comment | ]

Bill gross, the ?Bond King? is going to great lengths to get us to understand that the world is in a state of reversion to what he and El-Erian, his co-chief at PIMCO coined as the ?new Normal? 3 months ago, in his latest missive – ?Bon? or ?non? App?tit?.
Our economy which once feasted, no, binged, unable to stop itself, on debt and leverage, and on the basis that home and other asset prices would rise to the sky, is now fasting, cleansing itself of the fat that accumulated, and …

Financial Planning »

[1 Apr 2011 | No Comment | ]

Lower tax rates may not get the economy back on track again. but they may spare investors from a nasty little sell-off at the end of the month.
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus rally

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[15 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]

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Retirement Planning »

[10 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]

Financial advisor Dennis Tubbergen agrees with Colin Powell’s comments – spending freezes are ‘inefficent.’
Grand Rapids, MI — (SBWIRE) — 02/09/2011 — Dennis Tubbergen, financial advisor and CEO of USA Wealth Management, LLC, a federally-registered investment advisory company, spends a lot of time discussing such important topics as unemployment and the economy in the U.S. and how politics affect those important subjects. He recently explained to the readers of his financial blog and the 7,000 financial advisors who receive his monthly newsletter, Smarter Not Harder, why he agrees with the comments …

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[2 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]

The U.S. housing market may take five or six more years to recover, TrimTabs Investment Research warned recently. Madeline Schnapp, director of macroeconomic research at TrimTabs, talks to MarketWatch’s Alistair Barr about what that means for the world’s largest economy.

Video: Housing Market Still Has Long Road to Recovery

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[30 Jan 2011 | No Comment | ]

In the coming days and weeks, leading Democrats will make the case that their historic trouncing at the polls last night was the inevitable fallout of a brutal economy. There’s a bit of d?j? vu here: George Bush blamed his plummeting approval ratings on an unpopular war.
It’s not just the economy, stupid