50 stocks to buy in February

StockScouter, MSN Money’s stock-picking tool, identifies companies capable of outperforming the broader market in the weeks ahead.

Is Your Brain a Barrier to Smart Investing?

Guest blog by Daniel Solin, Mint.com. The evidence showing that most individual investors significantly underperform the market is compelling. A study done by Dalbar, a leading financial services market research firm, found that, during the 20 years from 1991 through...

Americans Want To Save And Invest For Retirement, ICI Survey Found

A recent Investment Company Institute’s (ICI) study America’s Commitment to Retirement Security: Investor Attitudes and Actions found the following in a survey of 3,000 U.S. households in November and December 2011:  85% believed the current tax incentives for...
401K Investments: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolios Review

401K Investments: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolios Review

Year End Review: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolios We review the performance of portfolios in the Fortune Top 10 Company 401K Plans table on page Retirement 401K, 403B, 457. These plans represent some of largest 401K plans offered by companies. Notice by default, funds...

January 30th 2012: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolio Review

Re-balance Cycle Reminder Based on our new monthly re-balance calendar, the next re-balance time will be on February 13, 2012. You can also find the re-balance calendar of 2012 on ‘My Portfolios’ page. Plan Updates We are changing some ETF plans’...

The Fed’s New Tax on Retirees

Last week, the Federal Reserve rolled out their inflation forecast and interest rate intentions through 2014, and it’s not good news for retirees or anyone else who relies on interest income.  The yield on money market funds, CDs, and other fixed income investments will likely remain well below the inflation rate for the foreseeable future. […]

Can Your Dentist Offer A Free Trip to Thailand?

By Andrew Hallam
I’ll admit that I was pretty sceptical. I met two New Yorkers in Chiang Mai, a northern Thai city that’s becoming as famous for its dental clinics as it is for elephant rides and luxurious spas. The young women claimed that they weren’t primarily visiting Thailand for a vacation, but for dental work. The holiday, t…

Investing for the cheap-money era

The Federal Reserve last week promised to keep interest rates near zero for 3 more years. You know that hurts savers, but how is it likely to affect your portfolio?

401K Investments: High Quality Funds In WINDSTREAM 401(k) PLAN

401K Investments: High Quality Funds In WINDSTREAM 401(k) PLAN

Windstream Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various telecommunications services primarily in rural areas in the United States. It offers phone, high-speed Internet, and digital television services. WINDSTREAM 401(k) PLAN consists of 15 funds....

10 income stocks it pays to know

Reliable, cash-rich companies with returns that handily beat the S&P 500 are what everyone wants right now. And these are flying under the radar screen.

Debt, Uncertainty and Volatility in 2011

BY DAVID JOHN MAROTTA The world markets groaned as the burden of the rising American debt and the European deficit weighed down more productive countries. European authorities sought to avert a Greek default on their watch without promising to engage the same heroics...
Brokerage Investment Plan Review: Fidelity Commission Free ETFs Plan

Brokerage Investment Plan Review: Fidelity Commission Free ETFs Plan

On 4/23/2011, Fidelity started to offer 30 iShares ETFs commission free. This plan is constructed using these 30 ETFs. It is intended to be updated for the Fidelity Commission ETFs offered. Fidelity Commission Free ETFs  consists of 31 funds. These funds enable...

The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life

By Scott Burns
Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.

More money to the rescue

Worldwide markets seem relieved that Europe’s central bank is ready to paper over problems with the printing press. Also: Microsoft’s results are well-received.

Asset Class Trends: Global Stock Recovery Is Still Too Early To Tell

Asset Class Trends: Global Stock Recovery Is Still Too Early To Tell

Since the New Year, investors have been on risk on mode to drive various risk asset prices higher. This is especially evident to U.S. stocks: S&P 500 ETF SPY has returned 5.08% this year, as of 1/26/2012. For a long term investor with global and diverse asset...
401K Investments: AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan

401K Investments: AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan

The AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan (Plan) is a defined contribution plan established by AT&T Corp. (ATTC) to provide a convenient way for eligible non-management employees of participating ATTC companies to save on a regular and long-term basis. The...

The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life

Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.

Add the two gr…

The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life

Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.

Add the two gr…

8 stocks with growing dividends

Investing in companies that regularly raise their payouts provides security in an uncertain market — and means fatter returns ahead.