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Barron’s: Banks Threaten Financial Websites
This could be potentially bad news for users of Mint and other similar services. According to this week’s Barron’s, banks might be moving to restrict data flow that companies like Mint use to aggregate...
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Oil at $20 a Barrel?
Supply and demand. Everything comes down to supply and demand. I’m not certain of all the events that took place to get us to where we currently are, but suddenly the world has way more oil than it is...
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Where Robo-Advisor, Risk Assessment, and Compliance Meet
NOTE: This is a guest post as a favor to a friend. As a Registered Investment Advisor, we’ve made anticipatory preparations while the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) works to finalize new fiduciary...
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And Now for Something Weird for Your Monday
I found this ad in today’s WSJ. I scanned it in and pieced it together (you can click on the picture to see the full ad): Question: how can this lawyer legally call this person out like this? Thoughts?
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Question of the Day: How Much Is Enough?
A household income of $400,000 puts a family in the top 1%. Although, definitely not poor, it’s also not nearly as “wealthy” as those of a certain political party and the mainstream media would have us...
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Great Christmas Gift Idea: Money Guide 2016
If you are looking for a great gift idea for this Christmas, check out Jonathan Clements’ Money Guide 2016. I have the 2015 edition and find it useful. NOTE: This isn’t a paid post, nor do I receive...
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Updated Index Performance Through November
I haven’t posted an update to the indexes I follow in quite awhile. Here is the latest installment (click on the graphic to download the PDF): As you can see, for all the excitement 2015 has brought,...
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Employment Report for November 2015
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50 Life Lessons Parents Should Teach Their Kids
I came across this list of 50 Life Lessons Parents Should Teach Their Kids this morning. There is some good stuff here. Some of my favorites: 4. Run your own race, not the race that other people expect...
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Jim Rogers on Crude Oil: Buying Opportunity Coming Soon
Jim Rogers has sort of set himself apart when it comes to commodities, so I was curious to see what he had to say about oil prices. He didn’t have a lot to say, but he did post this today: It looks to...
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9 Ways to Save on Shipping This Christmas
The following is a guest post by Andrea Woroch (Twitter and Facebook). With just two weeks until Christmas, holiday shoppers are running out of time to get holiday gifts to loved ones on time. While...
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S&P 500 Annual Total Returns 1926 – 2015
I haven’t posted this information in awhile. I’m trying something new with this post by actually embedding an Excel Spreadsheet into this blog post. We’ll see how it works. I’m a tad excited about the...
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S&P 500 5-Year Rolling Period Returns
At the request of an AFM reader, I will be posting a series of spreadsheets of rolling total returns for the S&P 500 Index. Please note that these returns do not include an adjustment for the CPI....
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S&P 500 10-Year Rolling Total Returns
Here are the 10-Year Rolling Total Returns for the S&P 500. Once again, these returns are not adjusted for the CPI, but DO include dividends. Click here if the spreadsheet fails to load.
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S&P 500 20-Year Rolling Returns
Here are the 20-Year Rolling Total Returns for the S&P 500. Once again, these returns are not adjusted for the CPI, but DO include dividends. Please notice that not one 20-year period experienced a...
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What is Blue Bell Ice Cream Worth?
The big news in my former hometown is the fact that Blue Bell Ice Cream is finally going back on store shelves today after a nearly year-long absence due to the company’s listeria fiasco last year....
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Sean Cooper Harassed for Paying Off Mortgage Early
Interesting story about a 30-year old Canadian man named Sean Cooper who paid off his $255,000 mortgage in a little over 3 years. That fact is interesting enough. What makes it even more interesting is...
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S&P 500 30-Year Rolling Total Returns
This is the last installment of S&P 500 Index Rolling Returns series. The average 30-year rolling total return for the S&P 500 starting with 1926, is 2,478% or 11.21% annualized (geometric...
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