24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Why it’s so difficult to raise kids — and save for retirement
NewsWatch: Why it’s so difficult to raise kids — and save for retirement
If you’re waiting until the kids are nearing college age to think about your retirement savings, then you need to recognize that your future may never be secure, writes Chuck Jaffe.
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24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Could Electric Vehicles Kill the Power Grid?
Could Electric Vehicles Kill the Power Grid?
EVs are growing in popularity, even as America’s electricity grid grows older and less reliable.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday links: asset allocation behaviors
Sunday links: asset allocation behaviors
Quote of the day
James Osborne, “When we get down into the nitty-gritty details, there is no way to predict which asset allocation will provide the best risk-adjusted returns this year or for the next ten years. But we can certainly have a say in our behavior.” (Bason Asset Management)
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24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
Thanks for checking in with us this weekend. Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, August 23rd, 2014. The description reads as it does in the relevant linkfest:
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Pressure builds within Fed to signal new policy course
Pressure builds within Fed to signal new policy course
Pressure is building within the Federal Reserve for officials to move as early as next month to more clearly acknowledge improvements in the U.S. “Some shift of language is on the table, and should be on the table in the coming meetings,” Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart, a policy centrist, said in an interview. Adding, dropping or adjusting even a few words in the Fed’s post-meeting statement is a potentially treacherous task.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar stores in battle to double down on the poor
Dollar stores in battle to double down on the poor
He searches for those savings during his daily visits to the Family Dollar Store near his home in Fraser, Michigan, sometimes stopping by as many as 10 times a week “if there are things I need,” said the 51-year-old home care provider. The small but frequent purchases of low-income customers such as Ware add up: Family Dollar Stores,, which operates about 8,200 stores in mainly urban sections of the U.S., is the target of an $9 billion cash takeover offer from rival Dollar General and an $8.5 billion cash and stock offer from Dollar Tree.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How the Richest Man in Finland Rose To the Top
How the Richest Man in Finland Rose To the Top
Three keys to how this Finnish billionaire grew his fortune, and how it can help any investor find great investments.