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No Regrets: Three Money Mistakes To Avoid
If You Want No Regrets, Here Are Three Money Mistakes To Avoid Everyone has financial regrets — including you. I know this because you (or someone who looks, sounds and worries an awful lot like you)...
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Negative Interest Rates & Variable Rate Mortgages
It’s a topsy-turvy world. In the United States, during the last quarter of 2014, about seven million (13 percent) of all mortgaged residential properties were underwater, meaning the mortgage loan...
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Global Debt is Nearly 300% of Global GDP
US Debt Components as % of GDP DEBT, DEBT, DEBT, DEBT… The World’s Debt is 286% of its GDP… …according to The Economist. GDP stands for gross domestic product, which is the value of all goods and...
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IMF on Retiring Public Debt
S&Ps Foreign Credit Ratings in 2014 When a government has a lot of debt, is it better to implement an austerity plan and pay the debt down? Or, take advantage of low interest rates and invest in...
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Grexit II, The Sequel, Redux, The Return…
A Greek Exit from the EU, a “Grexit,” is Back in the News… again! Not quite as popular as Branjelina and Kimye, ‘Grexit’ (short for Greek Exit) has gained traction as a nickname during the past few...
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Sigh of Relief Raises Markets
Investors around the world breathed a sigh of relief last week. It wafted many markets higher. The NASDAQ jumped by more than 4 percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 2.4 percent. France’s...
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September Rate Increase 50/50
Back to school…back to higher interest rates? After a solid July jobs report arrived on Friday – 215,000 new jobs were created and unemployment remained at 5.3 percent – analysts were pretty confident...
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From Abstract To Reality: The Potential Effects of Rising Rates
Potential Effects of Rising Rates When the economic data align, and the Federal Reserve pulls the trigger on tighter monetary policy, rising interest rates may affect everything from mortgage rates...
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Full Employment
And, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said… U.S. job growth surpassed expectations in October. About 271,000 jobs were created across diverse industries: professional and business services, health...
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Market ≠ Economy
MARKET REACTION ≠ ECONOMIC EFFECT After a level of hype that would have exhausted even the most dedicated Star Wars fans, the Federal Reserve finally began to tighten monetary policy last week,...
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LOOKING BACK at 2015
Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016 Oh, The Joys of Looking Back at 2015. Each week, ‘The Economist Explains’ blog expounds on subjects ranging from current events to economics, from philosophical or scientific...
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Monday Morning Quarterbacking the FED
This fella has questions! Second Guessing the FED is an Age Old American Pastime Americans have been speculating about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy choices – rate hikes, rate declines,...
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The FED Effects Sentiment
Everyone makes mistakes. Some people learn from them. In GMO’s March 2016 white paper, James Montier and Philip Pilkington continued to explore the Federal Reserve’s influence – The FED Effects – on...
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Rates are DEFINITELY Going Up… at Some Point… in the Future
Last week, Wall Street was speculating about monetary policy with the enthusiasm of commentators trying to predict who will bring home Olympic gold. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected...
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Is This The End of The Bond Bull?
This time it’s the end. Really. Possibly. It seems like experts (ourselves included) have been forecasting the end of the bull market in bonds for years – and that is because they HAVE been doing so....
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Inflation and Higher Interest Rates
We are flirting with higher interest rates. Last week, yields on 10-year Treasury bonds rose to a 17-month high of 2.44 percent, reported The Wall Street Journal, before retreating to finish the week...
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My 10 Best Pieces of Money Advice
Originally published at Business Insider – Oct. 2016 – Click HERE! I’ve been a wealth adviser for 20 years — here are 10 of the best pieces of money advice I can give you Jonathan DeYoe has been a...
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Is Financial Advice Worth a Fee?
Originally published at Business Insider – Oct. 2016 – Click HERE! A financial adviser explains what everyone gets wrong about paying for money advice — and why it’s worth it in the long run One hot...
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Q&A from Happiness Dividend Going From Debt To Savings Webinar. Am I responsible for my parent’s debts after death? The post Debts After Death appeared first on Happiness Dividend.
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