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The Investment TIPS You Should Care About

The U.S. began issuing Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) in 1997. Backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and assurances that inflation cannot eat away at their value, TIPS provide a risk-free asset for U.S.-based investors.

Do You Need to Diversify Your Bonds?

We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of diversification. We have to look at bonds a little differently; they come with different risks than stocks.

3 Ways To Incorporate Bonds Into Your Retirement Strategy

Bonds can be incorporated directly into a retirement strategy in three broad ways:
1. An assets-only approach to build a total returns investment portfolio,
2. Matching the duration of bond funds to the duration of the retirement liability, and
3. Holding individual bonds to maturity to generate the desired cash flows to fund expenses on an ongoing basis throughout retirement.

How Does Diversification Actually Work?

Diversification is a good thing. Nearly everyone agrees that it’s just about the only free lunch in finance.

But not many people stop and think about how diversification actually helps them, beyond the general “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” argument.

US Markets Are Outperforming Global Markets, What Should You Do?

To say international stocks haven’t been doing great relative to US stocks is a massive understatement. What does that mean for your portfolio?

Most of the investment advice you get is (or should be) conditional. Advisors tend to steer clear of definitive, blanket statements, but this is one that I’m pretty comfortable making if you have stocks in your portfolio, you should probably own both domestic and international st

Should You Keep International Stocks in Your Portfolio?

There will always be some asset class that does poorly. Over the last few years, one of those asset classes has been international stocks. They have underperformed US stocks each of the previous three years, and it’s looking like they’ll do it again this year. Given this underperformance, we’ve had some people ask why we […]

Should You Add Real Estate to Your Portfolio?

We talk a lot about stocks and bonds, but we spend less time on hard assets like commodities or real estate. Investing in real estate is very similar to investing in stocks, so it requires many of the same principles as any other asset class, just with a little twist.

A Diversified Portfolio is a Healthy Portfolio

Diversification is one of your most important financial tools. This one strategy can simultaneously limit your exposure to investment risks while also potentially improving expected returns. Best of all, the benefits of diversification are well-documented and supported by over 60 years of academic research. The Benefits of Global Diversification Diversification simply means spreading risks around […]

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