Is Your Money Fund Safe?
You really have to be careful what you read these days. There is loads of misguided advice pumped out of the financial press. I recently came across an article in one of the leading personal finance magazines that offered especially appalling advice. The article was about money funds and whether or not... Read the full story
A $65-Billion Bet
I was listening to Bloomberg radio the other day and Carly Fiorina was on as a guest. Carly is the former CEO of Hewlett Packard. She led a controversial acquisition of Compaq that turned HP into the world’s largest PC maker. Carly was on to talk about Hewlett Packard’s recently announced decision... Read the full story
Your Worst Payday
Should you have more invested in the stock market? The Dow has almost doubled from its March 2009 low. And over the last ten months, the index has gained 26%. Oil prices have started to pull back, the euro-area debt crisis is being addressed (at least temporarily) and some U.S. economic data has come... Read the full story
Investing in Your Food Supply
You may want to start thinking and investing like a farmer. As a group, farmers’ average age continues to rise. And as their numbers decline in the coming years, the quality of our food is likely to follow suit, given the notion that more processing will pick up the slack. That’s why it’s so important... Read the full story
A Stacked Deck: Is your broker providing compromised investment advice?
I want to briefly touch on the subject of broker dealers (especially publically traded firms) as they relate to our private, family registered investment-advisory firm. I started our money management business over two decades ago in response to years of requests from my strategy report readers for such... Read the full story
Cut Your Portfolio Risk by 70% Today
Do you still have too much invested in stocks? At Young Research, we’ve long favored a balanced strategy. Why do we favor a balanced approach? The simple fact is that an all-stock portfolio has more volatility than most investors are comfortable with. This is especially true for conservative investors... Read the full story
My Top Internet Investment
I have an Internet investment that I want to tell you about. It is a guaranteed winner. A guaranteed winner? Yup, and it is one of the safest investments you’ll ever make. You might be skeptical. Internet stocks are risky. Some analysts are talking about a Web 2.0 bubble. Shares of LinkedIn, the social... Read the full story
The Two Most Important Words in Investing
The two most important words in investing are “compound interest.” Albert Einstein referred to compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world. And Ben Franklin said compound interest is “the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.” Many investors are familiar with compound interest,... Read the full story
The Key to a Financially Secure Retirement
Fidelity Investments, the nation’s top provider of retirement savings plans, reported that the average 401(k) balance reached a record high at the end of the first quarter. A record high—that sounds impressive. What was the average 401(k) balance? $74,900. When you consider that the median age of... Read the full story
5 Tax Tips to Save You Time and Money
Tax season is here again. The tax filing deadline for 2011 is April 18. The IRS is giving taxpayers an extra three days to file their taxes because Washington, D.C., is celebrating a public holiday on the usual filing deadline of April 15. Don’t you feel lucky? In the spirit of tax season, here are... Read the full story
