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Author: Grace Chen

FIRE | Stock Market

Dividends Give Stocks’ Risk a Buffer

ByGrace Chen May 14, 2010June 12, 2014

Though investors may love dividends for their income potential, stocks that issue dividends to investors also fair better in weaker…

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FIRE

How Build America Bonds Fit in Your Retirement

ByGrace Chen May 11, 2010June 12, 2014

With fixed income investors looking for higher yields, Build America Bonds may fit perfectly in their plan.  Enacted as part…

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Global Markets

Why Gold Should Be in Every Retirement Plan

ByGrace Chen March 16, 2010June 12, 2014

Never have precious metals earned so much respect among investors.  Financial advisers are suggesting precious metals to their clients, while…

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Options Trading

Investing Secret: Getting Higher Returns with Covered Calls

ByGrace Chen March 10, 2010June 12, 2014

Would you like to capitalize on a little known and underused tool, which generates additional profits for your already existing…

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FIRE | Stock Market

4 Reasons Bonds are No Longer "Safe"

ByGrace Chen October 28, 2009June 12, 2014

When investors think of “risk aversion,” typically treasury bonds, corporate bonds and municipal debt rank highly on the list.  In…

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Stock Market

Why “Absolute Return” Funds Absolutely Underperform

ByGrace Chen October 16, 2009June 12, 2014

Billions of dollars tumbled into absolute return funds in the wake of the financial downturn.  Although these funds may guarantee…

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Stock Market

Will ETP Derivatives Help Individual Investors?

ByGrace Chen May 13, 2009June 16, 2014

The first exchange-traded product to list in the United States will be launching soon.  Its goal is to track the…

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Global Markets

4 Reasons V Recoveries are Rare

ByGrace Chen April 8, 2009June 12, 2014

The global stock markets have rallied since the beginning of March, reaching a point where the growth could technically be…

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FIRE

Are Your Retirement Funds Protected from a Layoff?

ByGrace Chen March 18, 2009June 12, 2014

In an age where virtually every one of life’s biggest expenses are covered by “expendable” company benefits, many investors and…

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FIRE | Stock Market

Why You Should Forget All You Know About Investing

ByGrace Chen March 18, 2009June 12, 2014

Financial advisors have long recommended that investors tone down their portfolio risk as they age to prevent the chance that…

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FIRE

Reverse Mortgage 101: Is It Right for Your Golden Years?

ByGrace Chen March 12, 2009June 12, 2014

Many senior citizens are bombarded by advertisements promoting new reverse mortgage offerings, which can offer extra income during retirement. A…

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Global Markets | Stock Market

Why Dollar Cost Averaging is Your Best Friend

ByGrace Chen March 10, 2009June 12, 2014

Today’s stocks are so incredibly cheap that the estimated PE ratios are under their historical average, and the market as…

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Stock Market

Trading Tips on Picking the Stock Market Bottom

ByGrace Chen March 9, 2009June 12, 2014

Technical indicators for bottom-picking the current market are nearly nonexistent. Take a look at any chart of US indices, and…

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Personal Finance | Stock Market

4 Reasons to Avoid Buying Inverse ETFs

ByGrace Chen March 6, 2009June 12, 2014

The explosion of growth in the ETF industry has been both a boom and a bust for investors looking to…

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Personal Finance | Stock Market

How a CD Hedges Perfectly Against Risky Investments

ByGrace Chen March 4, 2009June 12, 2014

Post-credit crunch CD rates are contradictorily excellent for investors. Even after infusing the market with billions of dollars worth of…

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FIRE | Stock Market

5 Ways to Reduce Your Portfolio Costs

ByGrace Chen February 27, 2009June 12, 2014

A global recession has every investor looking for ways to reduce costs. From the number of times we visit fast…

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FIRE

How to Borrow From Your 401k the Right Way

ByGrace Chen February 26, 2009June 12, 2014

Financial advisers will never recommend that you borrow from your 401k – and for good reason. Unfortunately, life does not…

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Stock Market

The Dow To Gold Ratio and Stock Picking

ByGrace Chen February 17, 2009June 16, 2014

The Dow to gold ratio has been favored by traders as an excellent way to find overbought and oversold levels…

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Stock Market

4 Stock Market Strategies that Always Work

ByGrace Chen February 11, 2009June 12, 2014

After watching the US indices fall through technical level after technical level, while witnessing the markets sustaining horribly oversold levels,…

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FIRE

Why You Need to Supplement Your Income During Retirement

ByGrace Chen February 10, 2009June 12, 2014

The prospect of retirement triggers good feelings, including the idea of spending extended periods of time traveling the world and…

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FIRE | Stock Market

Should Gold be a Part of Your Retirement Portfolio?

ByGrace Chen February 9, 2009April 8, 2014

Gold prices have shot sky-high, hitting a record of $1030 per barrel last spring.Investors are rethinking the view of gold…

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FIRE

Is a Non-Matched 401k Worthwhile?

ByGrace Chen February 8, 2009June 12, 2014

Economic slowdowns are always quick to hurt business spending, whether it is on new production components or human resources. Employees…

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Stock Market

Beating Income Returns With Strong Dividend Stocks

ByGrace Chen January 29, 2009

Photo Credit: Nicholson Cartoons Investors are fearing the risks associated with the stock markets and have since pushed income yields…

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FIRE | Stock Market

Have a short retirement time frame? Blue chips might not be the answer

ByGrace Chen August 1, 2008

Photo Credit: Greek Shares The traditional retirement think-tank would say that bluechips should make up your short term retirement holdings….

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Stock Market

Why opt for small caps in falling markets?

ByGrace Chen July 22, 2008

The trading circle’s rumor mill passes around the concept that small caps perform better than large caps during market declines….

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FIRE | Stock Market

Are your retirement accounts FDIC insured?

ByGrace Chen July 21, 2008

Photo Credit: LA Times As more banking institutions become insolvent, it is important to know which accounts are insured against…

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FIRE

Spending behavior overshadows savings in retirement

ByGrace Chen July 16, 2008

Photo Credit: Analytical Thoughts It’s not how much you save, but how much you spend that truly makes a difference…

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FIRE

It's not easy being a retiree in an unsettled market

ByGrace Chen July 3, 2008

Photo Source: Citizen Tom For retirees, the current market events present an unfortunate circumstance, where many retirement portfolios are stuck…

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Global Markets

Investing in Shipping Stocks

ByGrace Chen May 27, 2008June 12, 2014

Photo Credit: CNBC As oil prices rise and the cost to ship goods grows steadily, there is a boom waiting…

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Personal Finance

What is an Annuity?

ByGrace Chen May 26, 2008January 2, 2021

Annuities are generally reserved for the most modest of investors – those that plan retirement, but would rather have the…

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