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TIPS can be a great retirement investment

What are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)?

TIPS can be a great retirement investment A balanced investment strategy should include as a minimum; stocks, bonds and fixed interest savings accounts. One form of bonds is Treasury ...
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Can I Lose Money on Bonds?

Bonds are not FDIC insured and you can lose money Dear BLR Editor, I have a little bit of cash and am tired of the near-zero percent of checking and even savings accounts.  I’ve ...
TIPS are a great investment in uncertain economic times

Should I Invest in TIPS as an Inflation Hedge?

You must have been living on the moon if did not hear about Standard and Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. This has led to steep falls in stock markets around the world ...
This is the future if the Greek crisis is not fixed soon

What Should I Do in a Panicked Stock Market?

Markets are falling globally. Stay calm. In a time of panic in the stock market, fear is the prevailing mood among stock investors, just as greed prevails when markets are on a tear. ...
Take a last look at paper Savings Bonds

Purchase of Savings Bonds to be Online Only – Treasury

Take a last look at paper Savings Bonds The Treasury Department have just announced that after 76 years, paper Savings Bonds will no longer be sold at banks and credit unions. Buyers ...
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Do You Use Online Trading Yet?

The Web profoundly changed stock trading Prior to the World Wide Web, trading stocks required making use of brokers at a full service brokerage.  To trade stocks, you would have to ...