Ten sunny campgrounds in Destin FL on the beach The Destin Florida area also offers a wide range of activities and attractions for visitors to enjoy, including beaches, golf courses, fishing charters, nature trails, and water sports. There are also many restaurants, shops, and entertainment venues in the area. Destin is located on the Gulf […]
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With beautiful white-sand beaches, warm weather and over 230 days of sunshine a year, it’s no surprise that many people find Florida the perfect place to live out their golden years. Florida has 65,758 square miles of land (22nd largest state) and has the third highest population of any state at over 21 million residents.
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How to write a retirement speech Writing a great retirement speech might seem like a scary proposition, but with the right strategy, you can make it far less daunting. Writing great farewell speeches is not as hard as you may think. Whether it is for a friend’s retirement party or for your own retirement speech,
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Create a Thrift Savings Plan portfolio starting with C Fund The Thrift Saving Plan C Fund, or Common Stock index fund, is an investment fund available to federal employees with an objective to match the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The C Fund, like the S&P 500 index, covers a broad U.S. stock market
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Many investors are concerned about the future direction that stocks and ETFs are heading, based on recent stock market volatility and ETF performance. This is not surprising considering that the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) index is down approx 26% and the S&P 500 index (SPY) is down over 17% Year-to-date ( as of 02-SEP-22). Indexfundstrends.com uses
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New IFT Dual Momentum Strategy Indexfundtrends.com introduces a new free strategy available to members which has been shown to outperform holding a portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds. This new strategy is based on the strategy created by Gary Antonacci and discussed in his book Dual Momentum Investing. The strategy utilizes the phenomenon of
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Five asset allocation strategies to avoid a stock market crash How do market crashes affect investment portfolios? Stock market crashes can be devastating for individual investor investment portfolios. As can be seen in the chart below, as the loss from a stock market crash grows larger, the farther behind an investor becomes. The percentage gain
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Benefits of adding Sector Funds to investment portfolios What are sector funds? A sector fund focuses investments in businesses that operate in a particular industry or sector of the economy. Sector funds can exist as ETF’s, ETN’s or Mutual Funds. By focusing investments in a smaller portion of the economy, sector funds enable investors to
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Wow, what a difference a year makes in the stock market. While 2017 was a banner year for many foreign ETF‘s as well as the S&P 500, 2018 performance was quite different. The U.S. stock market experienced a loss for the year, while the only foreign markets to experience any growth were in the middle
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Last year was a big year in foreign markets for US investors. In 2017 many country ETFs outperformed the S&P 500 index (SPY). The following is a list of the more popular ETFs.
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