Friday, September 19, 2014

Earn 11% or 3%


Earn 11% NOT 3% and NO TAX
Is your broker/advisor trying to predict the future? Average broker returns were 3.69%.
Investing in an individual stock or fund means you are predicting where its price (position) will be in the future. You are betting that it will reach that price within a given time (momentum). Unless you have insider information, you are really gambling. No one can know a stock's position and momentum in the future. Just like in physics, there is no way to know you'll be in the money (position) in time (momentum).  
In 1927, scientists discovered we can NEVER know the future but we continue to pay salesmen to weave tales of our future fortunes. Earn 11.11% NOT 3.69% with no tax:

Group annuities have oversized hidden fees
Group annuities are common among 401(k)s because they appear to be cost effective, turnkey options for owners. However, they are the big cash cow of the industry and slice your portfolio growth. Fees can range between 3.5% and 5%. Because group annuities are technically an insurance product, they do not disclose fees like other investments. This makes it difficult for users to know the real cost of the plan. Thus, employers are being sued for high fee plans. Fees can take up to 63% of your retirement fund over time. Use low fee account: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Annuity-Strategy-Income/dp/1497532019


Grow your IRA like a millionaire
About 9,000 taxpayers have each accumulated at least $5 million in IRAs, said the GAO. Tax-advantaged low-fee accounts can really spur your retirement fund. Find out how to reach $1 million or more: http://www.amazon.com/The-New-American-Retirement-System/dp/1461030072

Is the Vanguard Windsor II fund right for you?
Since 1985, this managed fund has provided an average return of 11.14%. It owns large companies that are temporarily depressed for non-crucial reasons. It costs more than the Vanguard 500 index (.36% vs .05%) but provides value-weighted market exposure for the long term. Windsor II is one of the Vanguard Top 10:  http://www.amazon.com/Vanguards-Top-Ten-mutual-funds/dp/150073909X

Largest pension fund drops high cost hedge funds
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System plans to divest the entire $4 billion that it invested with hedge funds, saying they’re too expensive and complex. The largest U.S. pension is getting out of hedge funds even as other large public plans such as New Jersey’s add to the private portfolios. The pension fund paid $135 million in fees for hedge funds that earned just 7.1 percent compared with CALPers overall 18.4%. Vanguard’s Top 10 provided over 30%: http://www.amazon.com/Vanguards-Top-Ten-mutual-funds/dp/150073909X


Buffett’s partner in Berkshire’s $337 billion empire tells secrets
Charles Munger explains Buffett’s secrets of success: how patience works in investing.
Fidelity studied 401(k) millionaires and found they had worked at their companies for more than 30 years. They were on average 59 years old. They also invested a significant portion of their savings in stocks and stock mutual funds. One of the key findings is that it didn't happen overnight. It took many years of saving and investing. It is never too late to start with $250 a month:

401k contributions can reach $4 million
The GAO calculated, for example, that if a worker had received the maximum combined employer-employee contribution to a defined contribution plan (401k) every year from 1980 to 2011, and invested it the S&P 500 portfolio, he would have nearly $4 million in that account by the end of 2011.

IRS lets retirement plan assets split for tax-FREE growth
IRS made a new rule that permits savers to break out that after-tax portion of money within the retirement plan and convert it to a Roth IRA free of taxes. This decision applies strictly to money within a company's retirement plan, noted Ed Slott, an IRA expert. Roth IRA accounts do not require withdrawals after age 71.

What can the “Fiduciary Standard” do for you?
Financial and investment advisors are duty-bound to exercise a fiduciary standard of care. The fiduciary standard requires that the interest of the client comes first. Brokers are not regulated by the Advisers Act and are required to meet only a suitability standard of care.
The current debate means that your broker can push the best commission product on you without telling you there are better products available. Your advisor is required to offer the best solution for your situation. Of course, all salespeople can only offer what their firms carry in stock so you probably won’t end up with the best product for you. Example: Salespeople are NOT going to tell you that you can earn 11% instead of 3% by buying a commission-FREE stock market index fund with a low annual fee. You need to do research for yourself: http://www.amazon.com/Earn-11%-or-3%-Investments-Your choice/dp/1502412187


SCAMS           Why are we still paying $700 Billion a year for WWII deployments?
We are paying for 164,253 of our active-duty armed personnel to be in 150 countries around the world. We have about 50,000 in Japan and 50,000 in Germany.
Are we preparing for WWII again? There are 1,208,083[1] armed personnel in the United States. Our taxes pay for about HALF of the WORLD’s military expenditures every year. We have wasted $398.6 billion so far on the F-35 program—they can’t fly safely.
We just can’t afford to pay for everyone else’s defenses anymore.
Japan, Germany and S. Korea can pay for their own defenses.

We can’t beat armed guerrillas ISIS with conventional warfare. We should have learned that in Vietnam. We spent $1 billion to train the Iraq army to fight a conventional war not their own people. That’s why they ran away from ISIS.
Those who don’t learn from history must repeat it, someone said.

Cost of texting
Reggie Shaw who killed 2 people while texting now begs students: “it can kill

The Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, offering a path for those too engrossed in messaging and tweeting to watch where they're going.
But the property manager says it's intended to be ironic — to remind people that it's dangerous to tweet while walking the street. "There are lots of elderly people and children in our street, and walking with your cellphone may cause unnecessary collisions here," said Nong Cheng, the marketing official with Meixin Group, which manages the area in the city's entertainment zone.

Bank settlements for the mortgage mess cost taxpayers … again
HSBC's $550 Million Housing Settlement Actually Costs Taxpayers $192 Million
Other corporate settlements are just tax deductions to them.

Debit card NOT Safe
Home Depot admits hackers got your numbers and PINs. Credit cards offer protection when the number/card is stolen. Most banks will reimburse you for fraud. Debit hackers take the money right out of the account and have no protection clause.

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