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Steve is the Bond Strategist for The Oxford Club, "Wealthy Retirement and The Oxford Income Letter." He’s also the Editor of "Oxford Bond Advantage." For 10 years prior to joining Agora, Steve was a professional broker. On an annual basis, Steve led 30 to 40 ...more

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Why A Wealth Tax Is Not The Answer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was recently joined by 18 uber-wealthy people in asking for a moderate wealth tax. They called it their moral and ethical economic responsibility to this country. But why not write those checks right now...?
There’s No Magic In The Market
No one wants to hear that there isn’t any magic. Everyone wants to believe that all you have to do is follow the gods of the Street and money will fall out of the sky on you. But the magic isn't real.
Bursting The Fed’s Bubble
When did it become possible to look forward in the market 21 months? That’s what the Fed is doing.
Adjust Your Retirement Expectations
For those of you who plan to retire at a certain again, I have one piece of advice for you: Good luck!
Don’t Be A Rate Pig: Watch Your Maturities
The shorter a bond’s maturity, the less it will fluctuate in value when rates move against you. A rate pig is someone who ignores maturity and the quality of the underlying fundamentals and just goes for the highest rate.
Too Much Information Could Make You A Bad Investor
The advent of the PC and smartphone has revolutionized how we invest. The average investor now has a hundred times more information available to them than the brokers of old ever had. But it is mostly noise.
High Healthcare Costs In Retirement Are Making Americans Broke
Last year, 55% of people over the age of 55 reported that they thought they would go broke in retirement. Not low on cash, not struggling… broke.
Insider Selling During Share Buybacks? Something Stinks…
The cheek smacker this week goes out to the 10 CEOs who have been selling their stock in their own companies while doing stock buybacks.
There Are No Shortcuts
Here’s a slap for all the so-called multimillion-dollar-per-year hedge fund geniuses of the world and the investors who still believe they know something we don’t.
How To Dig Yourself Out Of The Boomer Retirement Crisis
We don’t seem to be able to get out of our own way. The boomer retirement mess is getting worse, not better.
100-Year Bonds? Rate Pigs Have Finally Lost It
A recent bond offering by Argentina might be the perfect trap for rate pigs. It’s a bond, issued by the Argentine government, with a 100-year maturity.
Like Them Or Not, These Are The Facts
Here’s a slap for both the average guy and the institutions. This is an equal opportunity smack this week.
Worse Than The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: "Parent Plus" School Loans
Parents and grandparents are 'qualifying' for loans that can wind up being deducted from their Social Security payments.
Why Investors Poured $800 Billion Into This Fund
This is actually an opportunity for the informed small investor to make a fortune on the less informed small investor. Vanguard has taken in eight times as much money from investors as all its 4,000 competitors combined.
Boost Your Retirement Account By Weighing Your Sequence Of Return Risk
If you’re trying to plan for retirement, this is a real wrench in the works. Simply put, sequence risk means you can do everything right, like execute and fund your retirement plan exactly as designed.
Yellen’s Not As Hawkish As We Thought, But It Doesn’t Matter For Your Bonds
The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to 2.5%, while the two-year yield dropped to 1.3%. And the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell 2.6 basis points to 3.11%.
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