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Holding Equities for the Long Term: Time Versus Timing
Legendary investor Warren Buffett is famous for his long-term perspective. He has said that he likes to make investments he would be comfortable holding even if the market shut down for 10 years. Investing with an eye to the long term is particularly important with...
Financial Advisors Respond To Stock Market Fall – Jay Berger on 9&10 news
Independent Wealth Management's own Jay Berger featured in news story below: Go to 9&10 News Article Here...
Why Precision and Investing Don’t Mix
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto last week, which is amazing. It was a three-billion mile trip that took nine and half years. But here’s what blows my mind. According to NASA, the trip “took about one minute less than predicted when the craft was...
Why Bonds Funds Aren’t Necessarily A Losing Proposition In Rising Rate Environments
With interest rates hovering around multi-decade lows, investors have been increasingly concerned about the consequences to bonds when the “inevitable” shift happens and rates begin to rise. As the simple math of bonds makes clear, rising interest rates will drive...
How To Do A Backdoor Roth IRA Contribution “Safely”
Since the income limits on Roth conversions were removed in 2010, higher-income individuals who are not eligible to make a Roth IRA contribution have been able to make an indirect “backdoor Roth contribution” instead, by simply contributing to a non-deductible IRA...
Social Security and Government Employees: Part 1
An advisor who can provide good retirement planning information to government employees can be of enormous value, particularly when it comes to Social Security. The truth is that very few people really understand how Social Security integrates with “non-covered”...
2Q2015 IWM Investment Insights
2Q2015 IWM Investment Insights (click here)
2Q2015 IWM Market and Economic Review
2Q2015 IWM Market and Economic Review (click here)