Why Invest in TIPS?
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The last three articles discussed why retirees might want to own bonds and possibly individual bonds instead of investing in a bond fund. Bonds come from many sources: governments, government…
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To Ladder or Not to Ladder?
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In the last two articles, I discussed how retirees (and others) use bonds as part of a diversified portfolio because of their stabilizing effect in times of stock market volatility.…
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Individual Bonds or Bond Funds?
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Suppose you’ve decided to keep a portion of your portfolio in bonds, perhaps with a higher allocation percentage than stocks. In that case, you have another decision: Should you invest…
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Do Bonds Still Belong in a Retiree’s Portfolio?
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An important preliminary note: Given what took place in both the stock and bond markets in 2022, I’m starting the new year with a short series of articles about “safe”…
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How Sequence Of Returns Affects Your Retirement
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I have written about the significant changes in the U.S. and the world economies and how they might impact our retirement portfolios. These changes are not all bad (for example,…
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Responding to ”Epochal Change”
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If you believe, as I do, that we’re likely in a period of “epochal change” (which I defined as the next few decades not being like they were for the…
