I have great news for you: You can achieve your retirement dreams by saving and investing in your 401(k). I know many of you have lost hope as this retirement savings account has languished below its high-water mark since 2000. Some employees have even gone so far as to give up on their 401(k) to […]

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Protect yourself from losses of 30% or more with the coming market crash. But there is a silver lining: you can protect your nest egg, while growing it… To read this special report, download The Ultimate Washington-Proof Portfolio.

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The demand for food is on the rise and so are the prospects for agricultural exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This is a long-term trend that you can ride will into the future. Download People Gotta Eat

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  Stocks finished the first week of September with strong gains, as it was back to work for traders after the extended Labor Day weekend. The action over the past four sessions sent the Dow up 0.76% while the S&P 500 climbed 1.36%. The NASDAQ Composite had the best week of the majors, jumping 1.95% […]

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Will It Be the Worst September Ever? The summer is over, at least in market terms, and now it’s back to business on Wall Street. In fact, as I write this issue, it is Sept. 3, the first official business day after the Labor Day holiday. While not everyone is back from vacation, most of […]

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“The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.” –Thomas Sowell Do you know what’s best for you, or is that the job of someone else? Some feel government should be your parent, and others think they should choose their own destiny. If we are to be a

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Why have emerging markets been hit so hard this year? If we look at the chart of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM), we see that since May, stocks in the space have seen some serious pain. The biggest reason for that pain is due to the Fed and its signal to the markets that […]

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Sixty percent of the world’s population lives in Asia, but less than two percent of human beings live in Japan. With those population numbers in mind, you may want to focus your investments on some non-Japanese equities in the Pacific Rim that are tied to other developed economies in the region. One way to do

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Last week marked the final days of “summer,” at least in market terms. As expected, there wasn’t much market participation. Now, however, we’ve entered September, historically the worst month of the year for the stock market. This year, the September scuttlebutt is swirling with rumors, hints and speculation about all sorts of unknowns. Some of

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