- According to Fidelity Investments, typical wage earners should aim to save at least eight times...
- For the 2011–2012 academic year, the average tuition and fees across the U.S. were $8,244 at four-...
- The 0% long-term capital gains rate applies to individuals with taxable income of < $35,350 ($70...
- On February 13, 1913, passage of the Sixteenth Amendment authorized a federal income tax. The first...
- During October 2012, the IRS announced 2013 retirement plan contribution limits.
- One way for the federal government to either raise revenue or lower tax rates is to limit taxpayer...
- Master limited partnerships (MLPs) can offer the investor an attractive income stream plus tax...
- Master limited partnerships (MLPs) are popular because of their high payouts that qualify for...
- According to Moody’s, the cumulative default rate for high-yield municipal bonds from 1970 through...
- There are several “earnings” figures reported by a corporation to its investors. Basically, there...
- Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are issued by the U.S. Treasury and are designed to...
- The table below shows the five worst periods for the S...
- Moshe Milevsky is an associate professor of finance at University of Toronto’s business school; he...
- A number of issuers of variable annuities with living benefit riders—including Hartford, AEGON, AXA...
- As of November 2012, the ETF marketplace was valued at $1.3 trillion (vs. $10 trillion invested in...
- REITs are diversified in one of two ways: type of property and location. Critics of diversified...
- The table below shows the one- and five-year costs for owning $10,000 of the PIMCO Total Return ETF...
- Generally, a fund’s yield is whatever it pays out during the year in dividends and interest. For...