Every year United Van Lines performs its National Movers Study, analyzing where people are moving to, and where they're coming from, to get a picture of the trends for each state. This year, like last year, Vermont won the highest percentage of inbound traffic. Vermont Business Magazine was happy to announce this, writing "Vermont is the only state to have achieved greater than a 70 percent in-bound rate, which it has done the last two years (74.3% in 2019 and 72.7% in 2018)." You can see on the map below that Americans mostly moved out of states with high taxation (California, NY, … [Read more...]
How Early Markets Reacted to the U.S. Airstrike that Killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
Yesterday, a U.S. airstrike killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. News of the strike and the general's death sent safe-haven asset prices higher as investors priced in greater risk in the Middle East. Assets such as gold and the 10-year U.S. Treasury note saw their prices rise as investor sentiment weakened. Gold was up 1.4% while the 10-year was at 1.827% Friday morning from 1.880% on Thursday (a drop in yield reflects an increase in price), while DJIA futures were down 226 pts pre-open. Is this a New Year’s prediction … [Read more...]
The Scary Japanese Preview for American Pension Funds
Japan's economy has been in trouble for a long time. Low, or no, growth for decades, and a demographic time-bomb that is about to go off, are two of the many problems Japan faces. Japan simply can't afford to pay its retirees what they'll need to survive, so the country's Financial Services Agency is recommending that retirees save more on their own. Akane Otani explains in The Wall Street Journal: Japan already is feeling the pinch: The national pension fund hasn’t grown rapidly enough to keep up with a rapid rise in the elderly population. As a result, the country’s Financial Services … [Read more...]
A Decade of Distortion: Implications for Retired and Soon-to-be Retired Investors
The 2010s were kind to U.S. stock market investors. There wasn’t a single bear market (down 20% from peak to trough) in the U.S. and stocks compounded at double-digit rates. The challenge for investors, as opposed to speculators, is that the gains were not driven entirely by improving fundamentals. The Big Driver of Stock Returns in the 2010s A convincing case can be made that the biggest driver of stock prices over the last decade was distortive monetary policy from the world’s biggest central banks. When the price of money is held at zero (negative in some countries) for nearly a … [Read more...]
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Best and Worst Tax States in 2019: A Quick List Retirees Need to See
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?
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
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
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
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...]
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