M M Drummer

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• Asset Allocation in an Indexing Strategy

  3/19/2011

  Indexing strategy for investing is pretty well accepted now. The remaining question is how many index funds will I choose to maximize my gains. This article supplies some guidance.
• Saving Vs Investing Vs Speculating

  3/11/2010

  This article hopes to compare and contrast three different financial activities to foster some success at each. To confuse them can be painful.
• Bonds and Inflation

  11/14/2009

  How does an investor with a fixed income portfolio deal with the eroding power of inflation? This article offers three ideas to help.
• A Better View of "Buy and Hold"

  10/18/2009

  Day Traders and Speculators constantly deride the "buy and hold" strategy of investing. Here is the other side.
• The Time Value of Money

  10/18/2009

  If you are young (or even if not), you need to understand the "greatest power on earth" in investing.
• How Do You Diversify Investments?

  10/6/2009

  Investors take diversification for granted. They shouldn't. There are multiple types - each with its own use.
• Annuities Vs Bonds for Retirement Income

  10/4/2009

  With all the commissioned salespeople selling annuities, here is the equal time for bonds.
• Retirement Investments

  10/4/2009

  How do you allocate your nest egg?
• Three Flawed Retirement Vehicles: Reverse Mortgages

  10/4/2009

  Loan officers push reverse mortgages like crazy. Maybe they are not for everyone eligible for one. The cost can be prohibitive.
• Three Flawed Retirement Vehicles TIPS

  10/4/2009

  More and more TIPS are touted as an inflation hedge for retirees. They may fit a small corner of a portfolio, but have some drawbacks to consider.
• Three Flawed Retirement Vehicles EIAs

  10/4/2009

  The equity indexed annuity is sold very hard to retirees. It may be OK for some people. I don't see it as the cure-all that is often times claimed.
• Getting Ready to Retire

  10/4/2009

  We are nearing retirement. There are a bunch of financial issues that have arisen. Here's a look at what we discovered and decided.