Tag Archives: 401K

Lurching Back into the Vicious Cycle of Recession

Posted on October 4, 2011 by MN Gordon

Last Friday the Commerce Department announced that private sector wages and government benefits both fell in August.  The combination of these two undesirable data points resulted in the first monthly decline in overall personal income since October 2009. What this … Continue reading →

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Why U.S. Treasuries are No Longer the Safest Investment in the World

Posted on September 9, 2011 by MN Gordon

The world’s a humbling place.  It’ll change right before your very eyes and you don’t even know it…until it’s too late.  Where markets are concerned this can be an expensive and chastening lesson. Not long ago it was common knowledge … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to Shelter Your Cash from Inflation

Posted on June 17, 2011 by MN Gordon

Building wealth ain’t easy.  On the one hand you must pay taxes on what you make.  On the other hand inflation is continuously gnawing away at what you are able to save.  With these two forces working against you why … Continue reading →

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Is the Risk Worthy of the Reward?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by MN Gordon

Grab your party hat and whistle.  It’s time to celebrate.  Tomorrow’s the two year anniversary of the stock market boom that followed the 2008 financial panic. What a boom it has been.  The S&P500’s up nearly 95 percent since the … Continue reading →

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