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In the Brave, New ‘401(k) World,’ You’re On Your Own — But BetterInvesting Can Point You in the Right Direction

On May 1, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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It’s not a small world, after all. According to New York Times writer Thomas L. Friedman, “It’s a 401(k) World.”

What’s he mean by that? In the hyperconnected, post-Sept. 11 land of the free, we define our own contributions in every way. These include our contributions to our careers in the form of [...]

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BetterInvesting’s Zaracki, ICLUBcentral’s Gerlach to Teach the Keys to Successful Stock and Mutual Fund Investing at MoneyShow Las Vegas May 13-16

On May 1, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., May 1 — With the stock market hitting new highs this year and investors showing renewed interest in stocks, Kamie Zaracki, CEO of BetterInvesting, and Doug Gerlach, president of ICLUBcentral, will provide timely and timeless guidance on how to be a successful long-term investor at The World MoneyShow [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 4-29-13

On April 30, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen

This stock screen was originally published in the April 29, 2013 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from the MyStockProspector.com stock screener for companies that met the following criteria as of April 29:

 

Sales above $5 billion.

Ten-year sales, EPS growth of 10% or more.

Analysts’ consensus estimate five-year [...]

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Why Today’s Retirement Looks Nothing Like Your Grandparents’

On April 30, 2013 By Angele McQuade, Contributor, BetterInvesting
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Reinvention, not retirement. That’s the unspoken mantra threaded through career coach Nancy Collamer’s new book, Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. As the baby boom generation grows older, more and more Americans are discovering that their retirement doesn’t look like they expected. If you’re starting to suspect the same [...]

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It’s Time to Go Clubbing, the BetterInvesting Way, Financial Writer Says

On April 29, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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You want an easy and fun way to get smart about money? Go clubbing, suggests John Persinos. Investment clubbing, that is.

Persinos is a writer for “Personal Finance,” a subscription-only investment newsletter affiliated with Investing Daily.

In the recent “Making the Club Scene,” Persinos suggests that readers look into BetterInvesting, the Michigan-based [...]

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Bond Funds and the Coming Increase in Interest Rates

On April 25, 2013 By Craig Guillot, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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As the Federal Reserve remains in a holding pattern of keeping interest rates near historical lows, investors know it’s only a matter of time before they start rising. Although that isn’t expected to happen any earlier than 2015, fund managers and ordinary investors are thinking about the downward pressure it could put [...]

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BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen 4-22-13

On April 25, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
BetterInvesting Weekly Stock Screen

This stock screen was originally published in the April 22, 2013 edition of the BetterInvesting Weekly newsletter and is based on results from the MyStockProspector.com stock screener for companies that met the following criteria as of April 17:

 

Annual revenues of less than $1 billion.

Ten-year revenues and EPS growth of 12% or more.

[...]
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On the Heels of PBS Frontline Special “Retirement Gamble,” Free Webinar from BetterInvesting to Teach Investors About Mutual Fund Costs and Other Keys to Fund Selection

On April 25, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., April 25, 2013  — As PBS’ Frontline shines a spotlight this week on mutual fund fees in its investigation of the retirement planning and mutual fund industries, nonprofit organization BetterInvesting is offering a free webinar tonight to help investors understand the costs associated with mutual funds.

The Frontline [...]

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Why the Wealthy Are Money Magnets in the Economic Recovery

On April 24, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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During the first two years of the economic recovery, the mean net worth of the wealthiest 7%  of Americans rose by about 28%, while the other 93% saw 4% of their wealth vanish, a report released April 23 by the Pew Research Center says.

Why? In a word: stocks. The rich have more money [...]

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Monopoly Contest Helps Hasbro Bag More Money

On April 24, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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No Mr. Potato Heads, those folks at Hasbro. The company reported April 22 that its first-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations — driven by a recent contest that called for the public to eject a Monopoly game token and replace it with a new one.

Revenue rose by 26 percent for Hasbro’s games category, [...]

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