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The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. The Fed hiked its benchmark short-term interest rate a quarter, from 1.75% to 2%. Why is This Important? Additionally to this increase, the FED raised its forecasts for both economic growth…
Retirement A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades (WSJ) Low incomes, paltry savings, high debt burdens, failed insurance—the U.S. is upending decades of progress in securing life’s final chapter Investing What ‘Long-Term Investor’ Really Means (Institutional Investor) It’s not just following the index, writes Campbell Macpherson, CEO of Change…
Hi readers, welcome back. It has been a busy and long week/end of the month. Thus it’s getting harder to write on a frequent a consistent basis. Today I have a new post that is basically an update, of my previous post with the 1Q2018 investment outlook for Stocks, Bonds, Oil, Gold and Real Estate.…
GrowtoRetire.com Weekend Reads Here are the best collection of articles and news just for you. Grab a cup of cappuccino and have a nice weekend. Investing What’s the Yield Curve? ‘A Powerful Signal of Recessions’ Has Wall Street’s Attention (NY Times) “Economists and investors are watching the shrinking gap between interest rates on 2-year and…
A Brief History of Gold Of all the precious metals, this one is the most popular. And it has been for ages. Gold’s history began in 3000 B.C. when the ancient Egyptians started producing jewellery. The Egyptians also produced gold maps – some of which survive to this day. These maps described where to find mines and…
GrowtoRetire.com Weekend Reads Here are the best collection of articles and news just for you. Grab a cup of cappuccino and have a nice weekend. Business Trade Wars Don’t Matter, Unless You Think $2 Trillion Matters (Bloomberg) Hey, maybe this stuff is bad for business after all. Chinese media have mocked US President Donald Trump…
Size Analysis Last week there was an article by Bloomberg, that stated the following: “(…) The SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust, or MDY, is the largest mid-cap ETF. Despite grossly outperforming its large-cap and small-cap fund competitors, it has the least amount of assets among the three (…)” When I see this type of…
GrowtoRetire.com Weekend Reads Here are the best collection of articles and news just for you. Grab a cup of cappuccino and have a nice weekend. You will find more infographics at Statista Retirement Rich Kids Are Counting On Inheritance to Pay for Retirement (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) Well-off young people say they need money from relatives and…
Retirement Strategy Two news have caught my attention lately in the retirement world: How young people are expecting that inheritance will make sure they have money in the retirement phase; and, how the fiduciary rule can cease to exist. Both of this articles worry me. Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The…
GrowtoRetire.com Weekend Reads Here are the best collection of articles and news just for you. Grab a cup of cappuccino and have a nice weekend. You will find more infographics at Statista FIRE / Retirement This Map Shows How Long $1 Million in Retirement Savings Will Last In Every State (Yahoo) Your retirement countdown: 5…
Blog traffic Report and Social Media Numbers Welcome to the May blog report update! This month I wrote 15 posts. I continue to struggle with finding the best balance between work, blog and other stuff I’m planning. It’s really hard to keep up with a calendar, but I’m trying my best to maintain the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.…
Risk Management It’s the forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact. Thus and in theory, I can use it to benefit from the upside of assets with more risk (potentially more return). While managing the downside for the overall portfolio (not getting wiped out in…