Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Getty Images These funds own bonds with maturities averaging between three and nine years. There’s some risk with these funds, mostly related to interest rates, but not a lot. A one-percentage-point spike in the yield curve would cause a price decline in the neighborhood of 6%.
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Report cover: Viability of the Spend Safely in Retirement Study Stanford Center on Longevity Worried about making your retirement savings last the rest of your life? Don’t know how much you can spend on living expenses throughout your retirement? Concerned about stock market crashes that could derail your retirement in future years? If so, you’re
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said today it won’t be known for five or 10 years whether his effort to allow more retail investors to put their money into early stage, high growth companies is working. “Hopefully we’re on the right path. I’m very
Scientists the world over are scrambling to cure Alzheimer’s. And information abounds about how we might treat or even prevent the disease to begin with. But in the interim, finding new ways to help the some 43 million Americans who are caring for sufferers is gaining steam. And in this regard, Americans might do well to
European banks pay almost no interest on fixed-income investments for retail holders. The same is about to come true for Americans. BlackRock says investors need to go further south. Angel Navarrete/BLOOMBERG NEWS If you’re retired or a conservative investor who cannot afford to lose money, your bank certificate of deposits are about to become worthless.