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How Retirees Can Get Better Returns on Their Nest Eggs

December 6, 2015

A retiree named Bob is confronting a dilemma many of his peers face: His nest egg is parked in safe cash investments, like certificates of deposit, and earning barely any interest. What can he do to get a bette...

High Fund Costs Can Devour Your Returns

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April 30, 2015

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A reader asks this question: "I stumbled across some information on Vanguard's Web site about what they call the 'Investing Truths.' One of them is about costs and shows that a 1.2% expense ratio would eat up 4...

Traveling abroad for better returns

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October 19, 2014

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While there's no place like home, sometimes you have to get out of your own backyard -- and that includes investing. Impressive growth in emerging economies such as China and India will boost investments that p...

Turbocharge Your Investing Returns by Understanding Luck

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October 14, 2014

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What if you could increase your investment returns more than 200% by simply understanding the role of luck versus skill in investing? If ever there was information the securities industry didn't want you to hav...

Target-Date Funds: Same Dates Can Earn Wildly Different Returns

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May 31, 2014

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In recent years, target-date mutual funds have grown substantially, with savers investing $55 billion into the funds last year in the hopes of getting easy exposure to every asset class you need for a diversifi...

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