Some pension plans let retirees choose between smaller lifelong income payments or a large lump sum. If one or both spouses are in line to receive pensions, a couple should at least explore some of the possibilities for lump sum investment.
The Icarus Correction: Lessons from the Historic Gold and Silver Crash Perhaps the oldest advice in investing is to avoid “buying at the top.” It generally means that when you see a particular investment appreciating rapidly in value, and the bull market continues to the point where you suddenly start to feel like you’re missing out, that’s when you need to be careful. There’s often more risk of a correction and losing money than there is a chance that the gains will continue doing what they did while you were watching from the sidelines. It’s never possible to know exactly when an...
The U.S. stock market wrapped up February on a mixed and somewhat disappointing note. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closed the month in the red, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq posting a steeper decline of around 3.4%, while the Dow Jones...
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