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Money Ruminations: Retirement Accounts; the Cold Hard Math on your Savings
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Saturday, May 23, 2015. Retirement Accounts; the Cold Hard Math on your Savings. American's have an estimated $24 Trillion in retirement assets. The entire gross national US debt is just $18 Trillion, making the retirement market 33% larger. Defined Contribution Plans, sponsored by employers, total $6.6 Trillion, about a trillion dollars less than I.R.A. account values. My first thoughts are that...
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Money Ruminations: The Election Cycle & Stocks; Does it Deserve Attention?
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Monday, November 05, 2012. The Election Cycle and Stocks; Does it Deserve Attention? The Election Cycle and Stocks: Does it Deserve Attention? Markets are mixed in October. The national election just adds to the uncertainty going forward. Here are some interesting election market stats *. 3 months after 12 months after. All Presidential elections since 1900 1.7% 6.4%. Barry Unterbrink, CRPC.
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Money Ruminations: Market Update: Stocks crater; bonds and precious metals have their game on!
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. Market Update: Stocks crater; bonds and precious metals have their game on! Stocks crater; bonds, and precious metals have their game on! We better get used to the "T" word now that we're deeply into the Trillions of dollars in our national indebtedness; $14 trillion last time I saw that clock-thing counting higher on the T.V. So just how much is $1 trillion? August 2 ...
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Money Ruminations: Retirement Account by the Numbers: Part 1
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Monday, May 18, 2015. Retirement Account by the Numbers: Part 1. Did you know that . American's have an estimated $24 Trillion in retirement assets. The entire gross national US debt is just $18 Trillion, making the retirement market 33% larger. Defined Contribution Plans, sponsored by employers, total $6.6 Trillion, about a trillion dollars less than I.R.A. account values. Barry L. Unterbrink.
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Money Ruminations: First 200 Days of 2015 Mediocre
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. First 200 Days of 2015 Mediocre. A diversified portfolio using stocks (S&P 500), bonds, 20 year Treasury, Cash (money market), and Gold bullion has returned -1% thru July 17th. The stock portion was ahead 4.3%, bonds -3.2%, cash even, and Gold lost 5%. Posted by Barry Unterbrink. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe for Free Updates. Barry L. Unterbrink.
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Money Ruminations: August Market-Linked CD's
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Thursday, August 09, 2012. Dear clients and friends:. The August Market-Linked CD offerings are interesting.the estimated caps on which the interest is paid are between 5%. The commodity-linked CD this month featured below includes both GOLD and SILVER; CORN, NATURAL GAS, and WHEAT also - an excellent way to participate here without any risk to your deposit. Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor.
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Money Ruminations: The Anniversary of The Bear Market's End
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Friday, March 06, 2015. The Anniversary of The Bear Market's End. Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the bear market in stocks that ended in 2009. Today, a day in which the stock market showed us its worst day of this relatively new year. Third world status folks. The stock market fell 38% in 2008. I've been preaching diversification here in the 'blogosphere' for many moons, while the financia...
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Money Ruminations: Interest Rate Rise Hurts Bonds Bad in 2Q
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Friday, July 03, 2015. Interest Rate Rise Hurts Bonds Bad in 2Q. Why is this important to stock market investors? Higher borrowing costs equate to lower profits. The super low rates have supported profits the past years, and now the rum is being watered down in the punch bowl. Can the end of the stock market party be too far off? Earning an above inflation rate rate on your savings and investment...
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Money Ruminations: Year-end Planning for Investors
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Money Management and Retirement Planning Advice by Barry Unterbrink, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Year-end Planning for Investors. Year end Planning for Investors. 2013 is rapidly approaching, and this gives investors just a few weeks to get their "ducks in a row" in two important areas; recordkeeping and tax planning. So here's my short list, and I've checked it twice 1. Mutual Funds - it's been a rather good year for stocks and bonds, so many mutual funds could...