31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Prime Your ETF Portfolio For Rising Rates In 2016
Prime Your ETF Portfolio For Rising Rates In 2016
ETFs are investing sledgehammers, opening up wide swathes of global regions or asset classes in one fell blow. They’re equally precision tools, allowing investors to make tactical sector bets, to equitize cash or to hedge against market declines. That malleable quality is a key reason why exchange traded funds continue to blast their way into investors’ strategies. Perhaps you’re hearing about ETFs for the first time.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Best Jobs For 2016: Health, Tech, Management Top List
Best Jobs For 2016: Health, Tech, Management Top List
New year, new beginnings. While many people make promises to eat better or exercise more, others look to land a new job or switch careers. If the latest jobs report is any indication, the employment landscape seems promising for 2016. The U.S. economy added 211,000 new jobs in November, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5%. Wages were up an average 2.3%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Make These Financial Moves As New Year Begins, Advisors Say
Make These Financial Moves As New Year Begins, Advisors Say
With the New Year just underway, this is the perfect time for individual investors to evaluate how their portfolios performed compared with the indexes. After evaluating the portfolio, you need to rebalance to your optimal asset allocation and determine what New Year’s resolutions you need to make in your financial life. It’s also a good time to evaluate the service you received from your financial advisor over the past year.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How You Can Get The Most From Social Security Despite Cuts
How You Can Get The Most From Social Security Despite Cuts
As if planning for retirement weren’t complex enough, reductions in Social Security retirement benefits starting in 2016 may leave current and future retirees tearing their hair out. Elimination of cost-of-living increases, deferral of the age when new retirees can receive full benefits and the removal of a file-and-suspend loophole for couples are just a few of the changes facing retirees.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How This Leading Mutual Fund Manager Stays On Top
How This Leading Mutual Fund Manager Stays On Top
Patrick Kelly has the Alger Spectra Fund in a coveted spot. As portfolio manager since 2004, he has led the fund to the No. 1 ranking of 900 large-cap growth mutual funds tracked by Morningstar over the last decade. Spectra has posted an annual average return of 12% for the period vs. 7% from its benchmark. In 2015, the fund rose about 8%, as opposed to a 5% return from its peers and 2% from the S&P 500.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Easy Money Hard To Find In ’15 Due To China, Fed
Easy Money Hard To Find In ’15 Due To China, Fed
For investors, 2015 will be remembered as a year to forget. Little went right and plenty went wrong, including losses in global stocks, commodities and currencies. The small gains in bonds were wiped out when inflation is considered.
31 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Donald Trump’s Comprehensive 2015 Insult Highlight Reel
Donald Trump’s Comprehensive 2015 Insult Highlight Reel
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
What better way to end 2015, than with a highlight reel of Donald Trump’s more colorful insults. The Washington Post has done an excellent job of putting together “A Comprehensive Guide to Everyone Donald Trump Insulted in 2015.”