Investments

Why Invest In Certificates of Deposit (CD) When Rates Are So Low

Are you wondering why invest in certificates of deposit if rates are so low? Funny you should wonder because CD rates rose significantly since the 2020 lows. In 2023, both CD rates and Treasury bond yields reached their highest levels since 2007. By Q3 2024, the Fed finally started to cut rates after multiple rounds

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Financial SEER: A Way To Quantify Risk Tolerance And Determine Appropriate Equity Exposure

If you’re looking how to quantify risk tolerance and how to determine the appropriate exposure to stocks, you’ve come to the right place. Financial SEER is a way to quantify your risk tolerance so you can try to make investment returns in a risk-appropriate manner. SEER stands for Samurai Equity Exposure Rule. This post is also for someone

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Capital, Not Labor And Other Takeaways From A V-Shaped Recovery

Well, we’ve done it, folks! Despite COVID-19 and tens of millions of Americans unemployed, the NASDAQ and the NASDAQ have successfully completed their V-shaped recovery. At the end of the day, capital, not labor is the best way to build wealth. In this post, I want to go through some key lessons from this most

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Buying Or Holding Stocks After A Huge Rebound: Arguments For Why You Should

Despite not wanting to buy stocks after the S&P 500 has rebounded by over 30% since its March 2020 bottom, I still own a significant amount of stocks across a number of investment portfolios: two 529 plans, a SEP IRA, a Rollover IRA, a Solo 401(k) and a couple taxable investment accounts. Then there’s my

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