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Hedge Funds: Not Just for the Haute Investor Any More

On May 23, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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If you fly economy class, you likely don’t invest in hedge funds. But now a major banker is pushing an offering that isn’t only for those who live in homes likely to be profiled on WealthTV — the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund.

It’s a mutual fund that invests in hedge funds, so you [...]

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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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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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Investing for Retirement? Here Are Some Tips From a Nobel Laureate With a Really Cute Dog

On April 24, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Nobel laureate William Sharpe, a professor emeritus of finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business, says “anyone who tells you the exact amount you can earn investing in the stock market for the next 20 years or 30 years is either crazy or intentionally misleading you.”

That said, Sharpe says online retirement planning software [...]

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BetterInvesting Webinar Attendees Favor Stock Funds, Poll Shows

On April 22, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Even when it comes to mutual fund investing, folks tuning into a recent BetterInvesting webinar are much more willing to put their money in the stock market than in bonds.

Ninety percent of those who answered a poll during the All About Mutual Funds webinar on April 18 own stock mutual funds, as [...]

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Can This Investment Club Be Saved?

On April 9, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Is it really time for this Florida retirement community investment club to cash in their portfolio, as a newspaper financial columnist advises? The club’s problem, says writer Malcolm Berko in the Lake County (Ill.) News Sun, is that they “haven’t followed the wise, time-tested guidelines established by BetterInvesting, which have worked for thousands of [...]

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Learn How to Select the Very Tastiest Mutual Funds

On April 4, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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If you’re one of some 60 million Americans, your employer likely offers a mutual fund sampler in your 401(k) plan and leaves you to forage for the tastiest selection — one that’ll presumably please your financial palate for years to come.

If a 401(k) plan were just a box of chocolates, you could get [...]

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Fidelity Contrafund Slices Back its Share of Apple

On April 3, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
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Fidelity Contrafund has continued paring back its holdings of Apple, formerly the No. 1 stock held by the $92 billion mutual fund, Reuters reports. Apple is now No. 2 behind Google.

“(William) Danoff, considered to be one of the best stock pickers among mutual fund managers, has outperformed the S&P 500 by 3.3 [...]

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Is Your 401(k) Keeping Pace With the Stock Market? Run Some Numbers

On March 20, 2013 By BetterInvesting, Empowering Investors Since 1951
saving money for retirement

With the stock market galloping away like a Triple Crown winner and our  401(k) and assorted IRA rollovers and Roths looking as if they’re on anabolic steroids, we confess that we cannot — cannot — stop punching away at online retirement savings calculators.

Although we’re not so naïve as to think we’ll be winning [...]

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