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On the Power of Disciplined Investing
The appeal of market timing is obvious. Who wouldn’t want to get in and out of the market at the best time every time? We’ve talked a lot about market timing in the past – timing risk premiums, trying to time the markets on a daily basis, and the importance of staying disciplined even when it seems obvious the markets are going to go down.
Wade Pfau Releases New Book on How to Spend Money Wisely in Retirement
Wade Pfau’s latest book gives much needed insight into how retirees can spend money in retirement without constantly worrying about going broke.
How Can You Protect Yourself from Identity Theft and Data Breaches?
Data breaches are a constant concern in our modern society. As the latest in a
How Can You Prepare for the Next 2008?
Because financial markets are habitually unpredictable in the short run, it’s challenging to draw useful conclusions based on extreme observations. However, there are important lessons investors would be well-served to remember: Capital markets generally reward long-term investors, and having a resolute investing approach may better prepare you for the next crisis and its aftermath.
How Good Is the VIX Index at Predicting Market Volatility?
Here is a summary of the VIX Index.
A Boring Market is a Happy Market, so Why Can’t People Leave Their Portfolios Alone?
People use a lot of adjectives to describe the market, but we’re excited to say we are currently experiencing what we would call a “boring market.”
What Does Your Funded Ratio Score Mean?
By providing your financial objectives and the ways you want to fund them with essential and discretionary expenses, you can create a framework. Your Funded Ratio score will tell you how close your aspirations are to your reality.
Should You Invest in Cryptocurrencies? (And What Are They Anyway?)
We’ve recently gotten some questions about investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, so I want to take this chance to talk about them. To avoid burying the lede, let me just say this up front: they really aren’t viable investment options.
The Problems with Indexing
Index funds dominate the passive management landscape (though they are not the entirety). But just because there’s no way to guess which active managers will do well in the future doesn’t mean index funds don’t have problems themselves.
The Difference Between ‘Safe’ and ‘Optimal’ Withdrawal Rates for Retirement Spending
Distinguishing between “safe” withdrawal rates and “optimal” withdrawal rates is an essential piece of the retirement spending conversation.
5 Companies Comprise One-Third of S&P 500 Returns – Is This the Death of Diversification?
Everyone is always eager to declare the death of diversification. They say it fails in
Taking Portfolio Spending Into the Real World for Retirees
There has been too much emphasis on the portfolio and spending conservatively to keep failure rates low. This is not the whole story for retirement income. Certain circumstances, which we will explore, may allow retirees to accept a higher probability of “failure,” and spend more aggressively from their investment portfolio.
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