Analysis Topic: Personal Finance
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Are Annuities the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread? / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Don_Miller
Well, no, but they do make sense for some investors as part of their portfolio. However, we have to shop wisely and not allow sales agents to push us into the wrong products just to fatten their own wallets. Unfortunately, that makes some folks shy away from something that could help them make their money really last a lifetime… or longer.
Friday, June 07, 2013
How to Get Out of Student Loan Debt / Personal_Finance / Student Finances
By: Money_Morning
Tara Clarke writes: Anyone wondering how to get out of student loan debt - or wondering if a slew of student debtors could try to do so - needs to read this.
Yesterday, I wrote about the case of Michael Hedlund, the failed law student who was able to discharge $58,000 of his student loans in a 10-year bankruptcy action.
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
Exposing the Secret to Wiping Out Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy / Personal_Finance / Student Finances
By: Money_Morning
Tara Clarke writes: Accepted wisdom says that there are only two (rather sobering) ways to relieve the burden of student debt: either pay it off, or depart from this earthly world.
Until now.
On May 22 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wiped out $58,000 in student loan debt for a former law student in bankruptcy proceedings, sending shockwaves through the formerly impervious facade of student loan debt performance.
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Monday, June 03, 2013
Should You Buy an Pension Annuity? / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Don_Miller
In simple terms, an annuity is a contact between a person and a company. The person gives the company a sum of money, and in return is promised a monthly payout, generally for the rest of their life. There are many cases where annuities make sense for retirees or folks planning to retire soon. At the same time, there are risks and situations where annuities are the wrong choice.
Monday, June 03, 2013
How 401(k) Fees Are Costing You 33% of Your Nest Egg / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Money_Morning
Gary Gately writes: If you have a 401(k) chances are you're getting ripped off and you don't even know it.
With all of the associated 401(k) fees, the truth is you could be losing as much as 33% of your retirement nest egg to the financial advisors who run your plan.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Life Insurance - When Death Is the Best Investment / Personal_Finance / Insurance
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: A good friend recently called me. He was excited.
“I just bought a fantastic whole life policy from a guy I know,” he said. “I can’t believe the benefits. I don’t know why everyone doesn’t do this.”
“Really?” I said.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Cold, Hard Facts Behind Funding Your Retirement / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Don_Miller
Many folks are afraid they simply won't be able to retire – or stay retired – when and how they planned. We can talk about retiring later, taking a part-time job, and cutting back on expenses, but those are only partial solutions. Of the seniors who are still working, very few are earning as much as they did at their peak. Their life savings still needs to make up the difference.
I receive a lot of letters from very concerned baby boomers and retirees who are watching their principal erode every year, but they don't know what to do about it. Unfortunately, some have unrealistic expectations.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
UK Savings Catastrophe - Best Cash ISA? There Isn't One! / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The consequences of the Quantum of Quantitative Easing (QQE) is one of systematic theft of wealth from savers / bank depositors by the government and banking sector, unfortunately this trend is intensifying and unlikely to change for at least another year as illustrated by announcements every other month such as the extension of the funding for lending fraud, that looks set to continue to bleed depositors dry in the run up to the May 2015 general election as an desperate, fractious Coalition government will first attempt to bribe the electorate by spending money the country does not have or in the final analysis given a poor standing in the opinion polls decide to follow follow Labours example of 2009 (Labour Governments Bankrupt Scorched Earth UK Economy for the Conservative Government ) by handing the next Labour-geddon government an even more scorched earth bankrupt economy.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Why Are So Many Seniors Still Working? / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Don_Miller
By Dennis Miller Go into any fast food restaurant or retail store and you’ll find a lot of seniors working for minimum wage. Here’s why.
When personal computers hit the scene, numerous retirement-planning programs quickly became available. You entered your personal financial information, along with yield and inflation projections, and the computer would tell you how long your retirement nest egg would last.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Falling Choice in Cash ISA's Current Best Tax Free Savings Account / Personal_Finance / ISA's
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts research reveals a 23% fall in the choice of where to place your cash ISA this year compared to April 2012.
Not only have product numbers fallen but the rates last year were around a third higher than today, (one-year fixed has fallen by 32%/long-term fixed by 33%).
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Retirement Nightmare: Underfunded Pensions Want to Chop Your Benefits by 60% / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Unions, employers and the federal government have finally come up with an answer for the nation's underfunded pension plans, many of which are headed for bankruptcy.
Take the money from the retirees.
The proposal would erase the guarantees created under the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and allow underfunded pension plans to reduce monthly benefits for both future and current retirees.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
A Second Passport for Ultimate Wealth Protection / Personal_Finance / Credit Crisis 2013
By: Casey_Research
Louis James: Doug, a lot of our readers have asked about getting a second passport. I realize this is a large and complex issue – several issues, actually – but would you care to go over the basics of where to go and what to do? And for those not already thinking about this, why?
Doug Casey: Sure. We've talked quite a bit about the increasing urgency of getting some of your assets out of your home country, especially if it's the United States. We've talked about having stores of precious metals in safe places abroad, and setting up bank and brokerage accounts abroad as well. I've said that safest way to store wealth abroad is to buy property, which can't be seized by your home country without an act of war. The purchase of real estate solves several issues all at once.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
The Great Money Migration, Is Holding Cash Criminal? / Personal_Finance / Credit Crisis 2013
By: Bill_Bonner
Back in the USA, stocks rose again yesterday. The Dow finished up 128 points. Gold fell $25 per ounce yesterday... and everybody seems to think it will be going down forever. (A word of caution: probably not.)
Last week, we went to São Paulo, Brazil. There, too, we found taxi drivers who knew a lot more about monetary crises than the typical US economist. Said one:
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Saturday, April 06, 2013
Best Cash ISA Savings Account for New Tax Year 2013-14 / Personal_Finance / ISA's
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The new tax year commenced today, which brings a small reprieve for UK savers to at least protect themselves from the 20% to 40% theft (double taxation) on savings interest payments, even though that it is highly unlikely that any accounts will be able to beat the real inflation rate which tends to be about 1.5% above CPI or currently about 4%.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Wealth Management Retirement Strategies to Reconsider / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: DailyGainsLetter
John Whitefoot writes: From home repairs, to fixing cars, to crafts, publishing, and decorating—in a do-it-yourself culture, nothing is out of bounds. Thanks to low interest rates and underperforming assets with terrible returns, many who are on the cusp of retirement are looking after their own retirement plans in an effort to boost their retirement income. Meanwhile, those already in retirement are looking for ways to sustain their savings.
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