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Protect Your Wealth From Another Recession Less-secure employees should be investing differently. Here's how.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Investors Are on the Verge of Disaster In the frenetic craze to find security for their portfolios, investors are jumping on the bond bandwagon, despite terrible returns.  |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
The Worst Stock Myth of the Decade Is this the beginning of the end for the stock market, or will predictions of stocks' demise turn out to be the worst myth of the 2010s?  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
7 Stocks to Consider Before Junk Bonds Take a look at these low-beta dividend stocks before junk bonds.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bonds Aren't Enough to Retire On Most investors can't afford the luxury of an all-bond portfolio.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach?  |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Place to Find Income Now Bond yields and dividend yields are moving in opposite directions.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Don't Even Think About Owning Treasury Bonds The disclosure by PIMCO in April that fund manager Bill Gross is betting against Treasury bonds in the Total Return Fund -- the world's largest bond fund -- made a lot of noise.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Escape the Most Dangerous Investment Today Bill Gross says to steer clear of Treasuries. What should you do instead?  |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Keep Paying You Back Jumping into bonds isn't a bad thing, but investors do need to keep a few things in mind.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Jordan DiPietro |
Should You Buy and Hold Windstream? As a possible retirement stock, Windstream's dividend yield is 7.56%. This is tremendous; not only does it pay a dividend, but it pays more than the average company in the S&P 500.  |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Don't Let Bernanke Pick Your Pocket! The rate of inflation has exceeded the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond for the first time since 2008. Here are some other choices for saving intelligently.  |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Is This Really the Best Dividend Stock? Is Altria the ultimate dividend stock?  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Jordan DiPietro |
Should You Retire With Kinder Morgan Energy Partners? This company has shown its ability to reward shareholders and that means it could have a place in your retirement portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Todd Wenning |
What's Killing Your Retirement For retirees and those approaching retirement, the state of the market must be terrifying. Read on for one way to maintain your asset base during a market storm.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Russ Krull |
Bond Bubble Brewing Low bond yields make them expensive relative to stocks.  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Should You Go With Stocks or Bonds for Income? You may lose big bucks if you cling too strongly to bonds.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
5 Stocks to Secure Your Financial Future Retirees need to take more risk, not less, to ensure their portfolio grows with them.  |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
AARP Has Liquidated You. Now What? AARP gets out of the mutual funds business.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Todd Wenning |
5 Strong Stocks for Your IRA These are the right stocks for your retirement accounts.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
You Need These Stocks in Your IRA These dividend payers and REITs need the protection of tax-favored accounts.  |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Buy These Beaten-Down Investments? Junk bonds have fallen, and investors are running scared. What's the smart move?  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Investors Are Still Chasing Returns Wise up. Bonds probably aren't the best place for your money.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Tax-Smart Answer to Low Interest Rates Municipal bonds aren't risk-free, but they are attractive.  |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Alan Lavine |
Playing Two Sides PIMCO's three-year-old StocksPlus Total Return Fund buys S&P 500 futures, then tries to beat the index with bonds.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Slam-Dunk Investment TIPS for 2009 There is a lesson here about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, TIPS, for all investors who wish to protect their assets -- even those who consider themselves purely stock investors.  |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Robert Barker |
An Antidote for Inflation Anxiety Given a growing inflationary danger, it's only prudent to consider lightening up on bonds. Yet if you depend on interest payments from bonds to cover part of your living expenses, you will need to generate income from your portfolio in other ways.  |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Baby Boomers Need This Investment As the first of the baby boomer generation begins to retire, individuals are going to be in for an unfortunate experience once they delve into their financial planning.  |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 Stocks Even Retirees Can Love Just because you're done working doesn't mean you shouldn't invest well.  |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Robert Brokamp |
The Right Stocks for Retirement The question you've always asked is finally answered. But there's a lot more to retirement than simply picking up shares of high-yielding stocks.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Bonds in a Bubble? Millions of Americans depend on the income from their bonds and bond funds to fund their golden years, so there could be lasting implications for scores of already battered investors if that bubble comes to pass.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu |
It's Time to Jump on These Stocks Consider these stocks before you buy your next stock.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Elliott Orsillo |
The Dividend Dilemma Are high-dividend stocks the best investments?  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Smart Money Moves for Fortysomethings Find the right balance for a smart retirement.  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Who Needs Capital Appreciation? The current average dividend rate for the Russell 3000, a broad measure of the entire stock market, is outpacing the 10-year Treasury bond's interest rate -- for the first time since the early 1950s. This should make us all sit up and pay attention.  |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
End of the Bond Boom? Bond sales blossomed during the credit crisis, but it may be time for investors to reconsider their passion.  |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2011 Russ Krull |
Stocks vs. Bonds for Income: Let's Rumble Investors should ignore bonds, but they should consider stocks for at least part of an income-oriented portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore There's a silver lining in the market's recent slump.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Geoff Considine |
Yield vs. Risk New rules for income investing not only help investors to avoid these extremes, but also show the way to create income portfolios that provide the most yield available for a given level of risk.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Can Bill Gross Keep His Magic Touch? Investors piling into his flagship bond fund are missing cheaper opportunities.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Keep These 5 Retirement Uncertainties From Wrecking You You can, and should, up your odds of a great retirement considerably.  |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Robert Brokamp |
Funds Fighting Inflation Rethink reinvesting during retirement. Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index... Vanguard 500 Index...  |
The Motley Fool April 2, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Why You Can't Afford to Miss These Stocks Now is the time for dividends.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
It's Still Smart to Own These Stocks There's reason to be cautious, but dividend paying stocks are worth the risk.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2010 |
Stocks vs. Bonds: No Contest If you've recently fled stocks in favor of the safety of bonds, you're likely making a very costly mistake. Here's why.  |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Tim Hanson |
More Money, Less Risk In good times and bad, dividends deliver the best of the market.  |
Financial Advisor January 2011 Jeff Schlegel |
Paying Dividends The malaise in fixed-income yields is proving to be the perfect excuse for income investors to look at dividend strategies.  |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Dividend Stocks You Can Depend On If you're looking for stocks that will give you both a healthy stream of current income as well as the promise of potential growth for years to come, you'll find plenty of dividend-paying stocks that fit the bill.  |