Payouts are still much higher than what you can get on long term U.S. treasuries. Mary Beth Franklin recommends pre-retirees check out deferred income annuities: you pay a lump sum to the insurance company and you determine the date future payments begin.
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MAKE SURE YOU OWN SOME STOCKS
As far as inflation beating returns, preserving your purchasing power, U.S. stocks beat U.S. government bonds hands down.
CONSIDER INVESTING IN CHINA
China’s economy and markets have reached such a level of size, power, diversity and complexity that it deserves to be treated as a distinct asset class, requiring different investment approaches, as investors have had for years in the U.S. market
BEWARE THE CONSENSUS VIEW
With market volatility is near multi-year lows and investors are becoming much more bullish towards stocks, don’t abandon your insurance policies of cash, treasuries and gold. As WEALTHTRACK guest Andy Lo reminded us recently, it won’t take much of a scare to shake the market up. Watch this Episode
CONSIDER PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO HIGH QUALITY COMPANIES WITH A HISTORY OF PAYING AND INCREASING DIVIDENDS
A Morningstar favorite with quality dividends: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) VIG data by YCharts Watch this Episode
ASK YOURSELF IF YOU SHOULD BE INVESTED WITH AN ACTIVE MANAGER OR A PASSIVE INDEX FUND
The Underperformance Gap: Most investors do substantially worse than the mutual funds they invest in Investors sell funds that underperform for 2-3 years Investors switch to funds with several years of outperformance Sell low/ buy high strategy is sure fire recipe for subpar results If you can’t tolerate sticking with a manager who isn’t doing […]