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Archives for December 2019

Best and Worst Tax States in 2019: A Quick List Retirees Need to See

December 31, 2019 By E.J. Smith

UPDATE: With 2019 closing, it's a good time to take stock of your financial situation. Are you being held back by the heavy taxation in your state? Is it possible for you to escape by moving to a different locale? If so, here are the lists of the best and worst states for taxes in 2019. Read with care.  In retirement, there's nothing that can affect your standard of living more than taxation. Property taxes, taxes on your investment income, and even sales taxes can make all the difference in your ability to pursue the retirement dreams you've been working toward for years. Each year … [Read more...]

Is Online Lending to Small Business This Cycle’s Sub-Prime?

December 31, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

Online lending to small businesses that don’t qualify for bank loans is booming. Sub-prime and Wall Street were blamed for the last crisis, but it was a prolonged period of too low interest rates that motivated investors to move capital into risky areas of the financial markets. Is the Fed making the same mistake again? The WSJ has the story. Emphasis is ours. The growth of online lending has been a boon to hair salons,bakeries and other small businesses that don't qualify for bank credit. Yetthis tech-enabled source of credit can mire some in debt they can't repay,raising concern about … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Advanced Weapons Systems of 2019

December 30, 2019 By E.J. Smith

You’ve read Your Survival Guy's 10 Most Popular Survival Posts of 2019, and Your Survival Guy's 10 Most Popular Money Posts of 2019. Here are Your Survival Guy's 10 Most Popular Advanced Weapons Systems of 2019. Secretly Closing the Gap in the Air-to-Air Missile Race New Secret Weapon is Like Dropping Anvils on Terrorists Heads The IRS is Coming after Your IRA with this Hidden Tax The Rich and Famous: How to Invest Like Jay Leno Russia’s Next Generation Stealth Bomber May Never Take Flight CHAMP: The Microwave Bomb that can Win a Battle With No Casualties What Happens … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Money Posts of 2019

December 27, 2019 By E.J. Smith

Yesterday you read about Your Survival Guy's 10 Most Popular Survival Posts of 2019, today you’ll discover Your Survival Guy's 10 Most Popular Money Posts of 2019. This Money Market Fund is Paying 47 Times More than its Competition Is Your Cash Safe? Probably not This Safe “Dad, You’re Stressing Me Out” FIRE! (Part II) Living Your Best Life: FIRE! (Part I) Dead or Alive? The Future of Long-Term Investing Dead or Alive? The Future of Long-Term Investing: Part IV Your Retirement Life: What States Did Americans Flee in 2018? Where Did They Go? “I wish that I could give … [Read more...]

Best of Young Research 2019: Income Investing

December 27, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

Below are five of Young Research’s most popular income investing posts of 2019. Here's How to Explain Negative Interest Rates to Your Spouse Vanguard GNMA Outlook 2020 Is the World's Largest Money Manager Pushing You into an Annuity? The Dynamic Maximizers® Solution This Money Market Fund is Paying 47 Times More than its Competition … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy’s 10 Most Popular Survival Posts of 2019

December 26, 2019 By E.J. Smith

Thank you for reading Your Survival Guy in 2019. You made this year the site’s biggest yet. Here’s the list of the top 10 most popular survival posts of 2019 on Yoursurvivalguy.com: Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport Air Force Tells Americans They Aren’t Taking the EMP Threat Seriously Enough They’re Not Getting My Guns Tucker Explains: Poverty Doesn’t Cause Instability. Envy Does. Driving into Gun Hell without Your Survival Pistol of Choice Is America on the Brink of a Civil War? Paris Update: Notre-Dame, Protests and Your Survival Guy Tucker Explains: Two … [Read more...]

Can You Live Forever? How about Your Investment Portfolio?

December 26, 2019 By Dick Young

A recent study performed by Australian scientists found that the human genome predicts the species’ lifespan to be about 38 years. Modern scientific discoveries and improvements in the standard of living have increased that to about 72 years worldwide and much higher in some developed countries. It should come as no surprise that the longer you live beyond the day you retire, the more you’ll spend during retirement on maintaining your standard of living. How long can you do that? 20 years? 500 years? Here’s how I explained the idea of living to 500, and how you can plan your investment … [Read more...]

Best of Young Research 2019: General Investment Strategy

December 26, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

Below are five of Young Research’s most popular investment strategy posts of 2019. This is Why Vanguard is Too Big Nine Ways to Powerfully Boost Your Investment Performance Is Gold a Good Long-term Investment? Value Has Never Been Less Valued Your Retirement Life: Our Cabin on Kodiak, Alaska … [Read more...]

Warning: Avoid Mutual Fund Year End Distributions

December 23, 2019 By E.J. Smith

UPDATE: The end of the year is a great time to review your mutual fund year-end distributions. You should try to avoid them if possible. If you haven't done so already, read through Fidelity's primer on Mutual Funds and Taxes below.  You don’t need to worry about year-end distributions with individual stocks. But with mutual funds, you absolutely need to worry. It’s why at Young Research we favor individual stocks in our Retirement Compounders investment strategy. Here’s a primer on year-end distributions courtesy of Fidelity. Pay particular attention to tax strategies for mutual funds, or … [Read more...]

Best of Young Research 2019: Dividend Investing

December 23, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

Below are five of Young Research’s most popular dividend investing posts of 2019. When Dividends Pay You to be Patient Young Research's Retirement Compounders® Investment Program Procter & Gamble (PG) Stock: The Only True Dividend King The Highest Yielding S&P 500 Stocks Dividends Then and Now Are the Answer … [Read more...]

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