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Posted Tue, February 14, 2012 by Greg Womack
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As 401(k) plans have become more popular, plan participants have become increasingly responsible for making their own retirement savings decisions. The Department of Labor (DOL) has become concerned that participants in self-directed 401(k) plans (those t... view full article >>
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Posted Fri, February 10, 2012 by Greg Womack
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The Markets
How do you spell market rally? How about “Jobs.”
A much higher than expected 243,000 jobs were added to our economy in January and that helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest close since May 2008, accordin... view full article >>
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Posted Tue, January 31, 2012 by Greg Womack
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The Markets
At its most basic level, a trade takes place when a buyer is willing to buy at a certain price and a seller is willing to sell at that price. Both parties could be smart, experienced, and looking at the same data, yet somehow one party thi... view full article >>
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Posted Wed, January 18, 2012 by Greg Womack
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The U.S. became a member last August and, now, so has most of the eurozone. Unfortunately, it’s not a club you want to join.
Late last week, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) announced it was downgrading the credit rating of nine of the eurozone&rsqu... view full article >>
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Posted Tue, January 10, 2012 by Greg Womack
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Which stock characteristic most impacted the S&P 500’s performance in 2011?
To answer that question, Bespoke Investment Group performed a decile analysis and concluded that having a high dividend yield was the most important factor affecting stock... view full article >>
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Posted Tue, January 3, 2012 by Greg Womack
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“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of Shakespeare’s famous comedies and, surprisingly, the title succinctly summarizes the U.S. stock market in 2011.
There was “much ado” during 2011 as we experienced one of the most volati... view full article >>
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