In order to start saving for their retirement, small business owners need to make a few tweaks in their business and personal lives, and be sure to set up a retirement plan that is aligned with their goals and business perspectives. Luckily, an abundance of retirement plans exclusive for small business owners provides them with a set of unique options, opportunities, and flexibility to save for their retirement that are not usually available to regular folks. [Read more…] about 12 Retirement Mistakes Every Small Business Owner Should Avoid
Small Business Retirement Plans
Without doubt, small businesses continue to play a crucial role in the economy and remain the locomotive power of innovation and growth. Small businesses account for more than 50% of nonfarm private GDP and employ 56.1 mln. (half of all private-sector workers.)
While everybody wants to be their own boss, being a small business owner has many responsibilities and enormous amount of hard work. Not only you have to paddle your own canoe, but you must also handle a lot of things, like creating a budget, business development, managing people, and never-ending meetings. [Read more…] about Small Business Retirement Plans
9 Ways To Protect Your Profit and Avoid Big Losses
In one of my previous posts, I have shown how investors can hedge their portfolios and be better prepared for the potential market decline. In brief, the main purpose of hedging is to reduce investment risk and lock in profits by taking an offsetting position in a second instrument, such as options and futures, or by selling-short. While this sounds pretty intuitive and easy to do, in fact, the technique can be hard to implement without having an extensive investment knowledge, especially in derivatives.
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Why ETFs Are Better Than Mutual Funds
A term “mutual fund” has become so familiar that it is hard to imagine one’s investment portfolio without at least a single mutual fund in it. In short, a mutual fund is a form of collective investing where investors pool money into an investment fund managed by a fund manager. The fund manager then purchases securities in accordance with investment mandate and sells the fund shares to the general public. [Read more…] about Why ETFs Are Better Than Mutual Funds
Best Roth IRA Brokers
A Roth IRA account is an account that provides not only tax-free growth of your hard-earned savings, but allows for anytime tax- and penalty-free distributions as well (only for contributions.) In addition, a Roth IRA gives you a much more flexibility over your funds and investment options, which can improve your overall performance and speed-up the accumulation process. For instance, you can construct your portfolio the way you want, not the way your 401k plan management company wants [Read more…] about Best Roth IRA Brokers
Seven Ways to Hedge Your Portfolio
The current bull market that started in 2009 is the 3rd longest bull market in history. We’ve been in this state for 2,287 days (since March 6, 2009.) Moreover, during this period we haven’t seen a 10% correction for 968 days already (since August 4, 2011), which makes it the 5th longest period without a 10% correction. No wonder, many analysts and investors are getting nervous saying the market is overvalued and due for a pullback. [Read more…] about Seven Ways to Hedge Your Portfolio