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    Life Expectancy: 77 Years (Depending)

    on September 8, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    Today's Chart of the Day comes from an article in the Wall Street Journal which shows the life expectancy at birth based on which state you live in. The lowest was Mississippi at 71.9 years, and the highest was Hawaii at 80.7 years. It's nice to see that Florida was on the higher end at 77.5 years.
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    Housing Slump

    on September 6, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    Today’s chart comes from data provided by the Department of Housing and Development (HUD) which shows that the rate of new US home sales per month has fallen 50% from 1,000,000 to 500,00 since the peak in August 2020.
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    7 Investment Concepts

    on September 2, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    Top 7 Investment Concepts by Samuel A. Kiburz:
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    Investing 101: Risk and the Possibility of Loss

    on September 1, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    In the financial planning world, the concept of risk is often used in conversation. Risk has multiple meanings, but the first definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is quite simply the “possibility of loss.”
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    Recession? That’s a word my parents use.

    on August 30, 2022 | By Hailey Palmer
    We’ve all seen them. They scream at us. We’re just minding our own business admiring cute cat videos as we scroll and they ruin it. Those fearmongering, anxiety-spiking headlines that desperately want you to click them, because, even though we’ve been here before, YOU haven’t been here before. And they know it. Recession. It evokes plenty of negative emotions and fears on its own, but couple that with cleverly titled click-bait articles and they have you right where they want you – feeling dependent on whatever they’re selling so you don’t fall into financial ruin. Here’s a little PSA: The only one who can help you not only survive but thrive in a recession is YOU.
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    Seven Steps to Manage Your Retirement

    on August 22, 2022 | By Rich Emch
    You made it to retirement! Now what? How do you plan to pay all the expenses you’ll have for the rest of your life? This can be a daunting task. Many retirees simply open their monthly statements, check the balance, and hope that it’s enough. Hope is not a plan. Those with a plan will have better options and more choices regardless of what happens in the next twenty or thirty years. The outcome will be impacted by many known and unknown variables between the beginning and end. An effective retirement plan will require some time, effort, optimism, and a realistic view of the future. Most importantly, you’ll need to stick to the plan to make it effective and be prepared to adjust along the way. So, where to begin?
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    The Shying Away from ESG

    on August 17, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    Today's chart is from Bloomberg Intelligence, which shows the money flows into ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ETFs since they appeared in 2015.
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    No More Heydays for Hedge Funds

    on August 16, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    People may ask, “Why not use hedge funds?” Today's chart comes from Bloomberg and shows us the reason why. In addition to their typical expense ratio of 2% and 20% of gains above a benchmark, hedge funds have consistently under performed the stock market, denoted by the S&P 500 index, every year since 2014. In fact, they haven’t performed well since their heydays in the 1980s, and even less so since 2007.
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    S&P 500 vs. Average Investor

    on August 15, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    Today's chart comes from OneDigital and shows that the average return for 20-years ending in 2015 was 8.2% for the S&P 500, while the average investor only earned 2.1%. The hypothesis is: Too many investors stop investing when the market is down and/or try to time the market.
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    Total Return Since 1802

    on August 4, 2022 | By Samuel A. Kiburz
    The following chart from Brian Ferdoldi shows the ultra long-term history of real returns from various asset classes dating back to 1802. Real returns, the returns after inflation, are important to know due to inflation’s elevated levels.
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