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New Threats to Your IRA

After years of lax enforcement, the IRS is starting to systematically search out violations of the confusing rules governing individual retirement accounts. That’s not a small undertaking and there’s a lot at stake. Americans hold $4.3 trillion in IRAs, and even the most innocent mistake can be harmful to your IRA. For instance, if you […]

Quantitative Easing Fueling Emerging Market Growth

Since the Federal Reserve’s recent round of quantitative easing, developed and emerging market investment opportunities are beginning to look more attractive to U.S and foreign investors. In fact, the Fed’s actions have prompted a small resurgence of confidence in economies overseas. U.S. investors have really been more attentive to what specific actions the U.S. central […]

Real-Estate investing: Investing in REITs

Real-estate may provide investors with a high-yield and low risk investment combination for greater total return potential to a diversified long-term portfolio. For most people, investing in real estate begins and ends with the purchase of a home and any prospects of investing in office buildings, hotels, and shopping centers seems nearly impossible. However, these […]

Take advantage of tax-free municipal bonds

When you purchase a municipal bond, you’re loaning money to a municipality, city, village, county, or state. Typically, the municipality borrows money to pay for infrastructure projects such as building or repairing roads or a community center. The municipality generally pays back the bonds with money made from those projects – by paying off a […]

Take Control of Your Finances with a Financial Plan

Imagine the structure of your house: there’s a foundation, a frame, a roof and the siding. What would happen to your home if one of those major pieces was missing? Now imagine your financial situation as also being comprised of equally important parts. These parts can be more generally broken down into your assets and […]