A balanced investment strategy should include as a minimum; stocks, bonds and fixed interest savings accounts.
One form of bonds is Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, otherwise known as TIPS. They can be a great idea for retirement investors especially.
TIPS can provide protection against inflation. The principal of a TIPS increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, [...]
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 been thinking about investing in bonds – perhaps municipal bonds or even government bonds.
The question I have is: are bonds guaranteed by the FDIC? Can I lose money on bonds? I really don’t want [...]
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 and a reevaluation of the United States as a safe haven.
Despite the commotion in financial markets however, the U.S. remain a [...]
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. Today, fear rules with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 513 points or 4.31%.
This was the worst day on the stock market since the financial crisis at the [...]
The Treasury Department have just announced that after 76 years, paper Savings Bonds will no longer be sold at banks and credit unions.
Buyers of Savings Bonds after Dec. 31 will need to purchase them electronically through TreasuryDirect.gov, a Web-based program offered by Treasury’s Bureau of Public Debt.
Public Debt Commissioner Van Zeck stated that moving from [...]
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 call or visit your broker, who would place trades on your behalf, usually for a steep fee.
Managing your portfolio similarly involved a management fee, typically a percentage of each trade [...]
"Tax Us More", Millionaires Demand of Congress 0 comment(s) 
Get $125 in Cash When You Open a New Chase Checking Account 0 comment(s) 
Biggest Bang for the Buck - iPad2, Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet? 0 comment(s) 
Keybank Offers $150 to New Checking Account Holders 0 comment(s) 
Forum 0 comment(s) Open a New Chase Total Checking Account, Receive $125 0 comment(s) 
CitiBank Offers New Customers $200 or $400 in Gift Cards 0 comment(s) 
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Gives You up to $500 Cash Back 4 comment(s) 
What's the Best Way to Pay Off Your Credit Card Debt? 2 comment(s) Give us your email for Feedburner updates:
Recent Comments