New Year Strategy: Buy Low
By Bob Landaas
Most people who try to invest their own money will look at all of the articles that come out at the beginning of the year reporting last year’s winners and losers. Invariably, people tend to migrate to what went well last year.
I’m wired just the opposite.
I tend to cull the list to look [...]
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What We’re Reading
(an occasional sampling of what’s catching the eye of investment professionals at Landaas & Company) The past couple of years ...
Getting in form for filing
By Lindsay Whaleysmith It is that season when year-end documents can overwhelm you, and you wonder what to stash in ...
6 Regrets to Avoid
By Brian D. Kilb It is tradition to look ahead to the new year and resolve to improve on the past. ...
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5 Reasons Not to be Vexed by Volatility By Paul Coldagelli
As we acknowledge the volatility in the markets in 2011, and as we prepare for the potential of more volatility in 2012, it is important to distinguish the volatility affecting the markets themselves vs. the volatility affecting you as an investor.
Keep the following in mind the next time wide fluctuations in market prices [...]
Saving Rates for Retirement By Marc Amateis
Clients often ask me how much they can safely withdraw from their investment portfolio in retirement and not run out of money. This is a very important question, and our firm is comfortable recommending a 4% to 5% annual withdrawal rate.
But this begs another question for younger workers: “What should my retirement savings [...]