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Stock Indexed Annuities: A Powerful Investment For Getting Back to Even
How long does it take your portfolio to recover after a devastating bear market?
It took a little over a year to get even after the stock market crash of October 19, 1987, over four years to get back your money after the treacherous 2000 to 2003 bear market, and more than five years after the 1973 to 1974 debacle.
This time around, with the Dow down 40% from its high of a year ago, it may take three to four years to get back to even. Ouch! If you are waiting for the new administration to bring you back to even,…
8Dec2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedMaster Limited Partnerships: A New Way to Shop for Bargains
Most investors have never heard of, or purchased, shares of a master limited partnership (MLP). But, with many yielding more than 10% and prices at historically low levels, these bargains are getting hard to ignore.
Few investors know that master limited partnerships are publicly traded asset pools. They have the tax benefits of a partnership plus the liquidity of a publicly traded stock.
Because they invest in many different types of assets, most master limited partnerships have significant debts on the balance sheet and have suffered from the credit crisis. But not all debt is bad debt. And their crisis could be your…
24Oct2008 | Investment U | Comments Off | Continued
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