January 2025 MyPlanIQ Portfolio Update
In this issue:
- 2024 Review
- Fund Analysis: Be Cautious with Options-Based Income Funds
- Economic & Market Indicators
- Model Portfolios
- Funds to Watch
- Expect a Bumpy Ride: Outlook for Stocks and Bonds in 2025
Retirement Savings Tracker and Future ‘Pension’ Estimator
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
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
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
December 2024 MyPlanIQ Portfolio Update
In this issue:
- Tactical Asset Allocation Portfolios In-Depth Update
- Fund analysis: U.S. stock momentum factor ETFs
- Economic & Market Indicators
- Model Portfolios
- Funds to Watch
The Four Essential Steps for 401(k) Investments
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
Roth 401(K): A Retirement Savings Option You Shouldn’t Ignore
In this issue:
- Retirees’ credit card debt increased!
- Roth 401(K): A Retirement Savings Option You Shouldn’t Ignore
- Traditional 401(k) vs. Roth 401(k) Calculator
- Top 15 employers with the highest employer match rate per employee
- Market overview: Year-end stock rally?
A 6% Default Retirement Savings Rate Is Becoming the Standard—But Is It Enough?
In this issue:
- A 6% default retirement savings rate Is becoming the standard—but Is It enough?
- Bonds for the long-term: why a 60% stock/40% bond portfolio?
- Retirement calculator: why a 12% to 15% savings rate
- Top 15 employers with the highest employer match per employee
- Market overview: renewed inflation threats
Stocks for The Long Term: Why They Outperform Bonds
In this issue:
- Retirement savings: what Morningstar retirement model reveals
- Stocks for the long-term: why they outperform bonds
- Investment arithmetic: investment calculator
- The billion-dollar employer contribution club
- Market overview: post-election stock rally, inflation …
MyPlanIQ Monthly Portfolio Update
We explain our premium portfolios and discuss their holdings. We further discuss several funds that are related to our portfolios. Current economic and financial conditions are also discussed.
When to Retire Matters—A Lot!
Retiring at the peak of a bull market or right after a bear market can significantly impact your retirement finances.
How to Become a 401(k) Millionaire?
Save & invest consistently, dollar-cost average your way to be a 401k millionaire.
Introducing the Save More, Grow Wise Newsletter
Introducing Save More, Invest Wise Newsletter that focuses on retirement savings, retirement investments, etirement planning, personal finance topics such as debts and spending, and tools.
Berkshire Hathaway — A Conglomerate of Diversified Holdings as a Fund
In this newsletter, we unveil the ‘best’ long-term stock mutual fund! We discuss its investment methodology and use our own unique tools to measure it against other excellent long-term stock funds.
Lessons From the Investment Options Selection of Savvy Investment Companies’ 401(k) Plans
We examine the 401(k) retirement plans from several savvy investment and financial service companies. In particular, we look at their investment options offered in the plans and discuss some of the funds briefly.
Economic And Financial Market Trends Review
We review the latest economy and financial market trends. We also discuss their impact on investments.
The Best Stock Funds In The Long-Term
In this newsletter, we unveil the ‘best’ long-term stock mutual fund! We discuss its investment methodology and use our own unique tools to measure it against other excellent long-term stock funds.
Stock Seasonality Strategy: Consistency Leads to Long-Term Success
In this newsletter, we revisit a well-known stock anomaly: seasonality. We further demonstrate that this seasonality extends to other stock funds and balanced funds as well.
Quality Business Models Triumph: What Insurance Broker Stock Returns Can Teach Us
In this newsletter, we highlight stocks from a particularly excellent yet somewhat surprising industry—insurance brokers—that have consistently delivered higher returns compared to stock indexes such as the S&P 500.
Gold’s Long-Term Performance: Historical Returns and Key Drivers
We review gold’s long-term returns since 1971. We further examine key drivers that are behind gold returns and point out these factors, inflation, inflation expectation, interest rates, economic uncertainties, international demand and geopolitical events, have a more complex relationship with gold prices.