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  • 9 Lessons From Retirees’ Biggest Retirement Regrets

    9 Lessons From Retirees’ Biggest Retirement Regrets

    January 14, 2025

    In this issue:

    • 9 Lessons From Retirees’ Biggest Retirement Regrets
    • Returns of MyPlanIQ Core Model Portfolios
    • Portfolio Simulator (Calculator)
    • Lazy Portfolios: Simple Templates for 401(k) and IRA Investments
    • Market Overview


  • Retirement Savings Tracker and Future ‘Pension’ Estimator

    Retirement Savings Tracker and Future ‘Pension’ Estimator

    January 7, 2025

    In this issue:

    • Gen X’s Retirement Savings Shortfall
    • Introducing Retirement Savings Tracker & Future ‘Pension’ Estimator
    • Retirement Savings Tracker
    • Most Popular Bond Funds in 401(k) Plans
    • Market Overview


  • Smart Rules of Thumb to Manage Your Personal Debts

    Smart Rules of Thumb to Manage Your Personal Debts

    December 17, 2024

    In this issue:

    • Student Loan Payoff and 401(k) Match
    • Smart Rules of Thumb to Manage Your Personal Debts
    • Savings Goal Calculator: Payoff Debt and Save More
    • Most Popular Bond Funds in 401(k) Plans
    • Market Overview


  • Health Insurance Costs Far Outpace Inflation: How to Protect Your Retirement Savings

    Health Insurance Costs Far Outpace Inflation: How to Protect Your Retirement Savings

    December 10, 2024

    In this issue:

    • Medicare Cost Increases for 2025 & Ever Rising Health Insurance Cost
    • How to Safeguard Your Retirement Savings from Increasing Health Care Costs
    • Investment Return Calculators for Funds, Portfolios or Stocks
    • Most Popular Stock Funds in 401(k) Plans
    • Market Overview


  • The Four Essential Steps for 401(k) Investments

    The Four Essential Steps for 401(k) Investments

    December 3, 2024

    In this issue:

    • Leaving your company: things to consider for your company 401(k) account
    • The Four Essential Steps for 401(k) Investments
    • How to Determine the Amount to Contribute to Maximize Your Company Match
    • Thrift Savings Plan: The Largest Public Sector Workers’ Retirement Savings Plan
    • Market overview: Enjoy the season but don’t be complacent


  • Asset Allocation Portfolio Templates for 401(k) Investments

    Asset Allocation Portfolio Templates for 401(k) Investments

    August 15, 2024

    This article shows the most popular asset allocation core portfolio templates for long-term investments such as a retirement investment account like 401(k) account, IRA or a taxable brokerage account.


  • Rolling Returns: A Better Way To Evaluate & Compare Investments

    Rolling Returns: A Better Way To Evaluate & Compare Investments

    March 26, 2024

    We discuss how to utilize our newly upgraded free comparison tool to better evaluate and compare ETFs, mutual funds and portfolios using rolling returns


  • Index Funds As Businesses — Fundamental Indexing

    Index Funds As Businesses — Fundamental Indexing

    March 12, 2024

    Introducing fundamental index funds that align with business owner’s approach in investing. We also show how these funds have consistently outperformed.


  • High Yield Bonds Are Good Alternatives For Aggressive Fixed Income Investors

    High Yield Bonds Are Good Alternatives For Aggressive Fixed Income Investors

    July 18, 2023

    High yield bonds, managed correctly, can be a valuable addition to boost fixed income returns.


  • Trends, Factors & Indicators

    Trends, Factors & Indicators

    July 5, 2023

    We look at several famous lazy portfolios and discuss asset allocations and diversification effect in portfolio construction.


  • Lazy Portfolios Review

    Lazy Portfolios Review

    June 6, 2023

    We look at several famous lazy portfolios and discuss asset allocations and diversification effect in portfolio construction.


  • ‘Best’ Tactical Stock or Dividend Income Balanced Portfolios vs. Best Balanced Allocation Fund

    ‘Best’ Tactical Stock or Dividend Income Balanced Portfolios vs. Best Balanced Allocation Fund

    May 23, 2023

    We present our tactical balanced stock and dividend income portfolios that outperform the best balanced allocation fund T. Rowe Price capital appreciation fund PRWCX both in terms of returns and risk


  • January 18, 2022: Steady And Consistency Win In The Long Term

    January 18, 2022: Steady And Consistency Win In The Long Term

    January 19, 2022

    Sticking to a good investing strategy for a long period of time (20 years or longer) is the only way to reap benefits from the strategy 


  • January 3, 2022: The Year In Rear View: Portfolio And Asset Class Review

    January 3, 2022: The Year In Rear View: Portfolio And Asset Class Review

    January 4, 2022

    We review our main portfolios in 2021.. 


  • December 13, 2021: Present And Future

    December 13, 2021: Present And Future

    December 14, 2021

    We review asset trends and discuss future returns. 


  • November 22, 2021: The ‘Best’ Balanced Fund Revisited

    November 22, 2021: The ‘Best’ Balanced Fund Revisited

    November 23, 2021

    The T.Rowe Price Capital Allocation fund is again performing. However, we show that there are several ways to construct a portfolio to outperform it, both in terms of returns and risk . 


  • November 15, 2021: Q&A On MyPlanIQ Strategies And Portfolios

    November 15, 2021: Q&A On MyPlanIQ Strategies And Portfolios

    November 16, 2021

    This newsletter clarifies several FAQs on our model portfolios and strategies. . 


  • November 8, 2021: Major Asset Returns In The Past Twenty Years

    November 8, 2021: Major Asset Returns In The Past Twenty Years

    November 9, 2021

    We look at major asset returns for the past 20 plus years and discussed their potential risk and returns. 


  • November 1, 2021: Latest Momentum Factor ETFs Review

    November 1, 2021: Latest Momentum Factor ETFs Review

    November 2, 2021

    We review latest stock factor ETFs and point out they are very similar in terms of their indexing methodoloty. 


  • October 25, 2021: A Long Term Theme Or Trend Doesn’t Necessarily Yield Good Returns

    October 25, 2021: A Long Term Theme Or Trend Doesn’t Necessarily Yield Good Returns

    October 26, 2021

    We discuss recent hot topic: theme based investing and conclude that a mega trend doesn’t equate a good long term return. 


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