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Inflation is Compounding Longevity Risk, Presenting New Challenges for Retirees

By Ted Kerr / June 15, 2022 June 15, 2022

It wasn’t until the baby boomer generation started to retire that we had to face the challenge of longevity risk—the risk of outliving one’s income. Compared to our parents or grandparents who might have lived ten or fifteen years in retirement, most people today can expect to live well into their eighties and early nineties. …

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With Meme Stocks, a Fool and His Money are Soon Parted

By Ted Kerr / June 10, 2022 June 10, 2022

A year after the highly publicized meme stock craze of 2021 (GameStop, AMC, etc.), I am still asked my thoughts on their pros and cons and whether they deserve a place in a growth stock portfolio. Meme stocks have become such a thing that they are now tracked by an index created by Bloomberg called …

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Russian Stock Values are Evaporating

By Ted Kerr / June 6, 2022 June 6, 2022

A question on some investors’ minds is whether it makes sense to have some exposure to Russian stocks as part of an emerging markets strategy. The thinking is that should Russia pull out of Ukraine and global sanctions are lifted, could the Russian stock market turn around, offering upside potential? Russia’s stocks have fallen as …

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What to Make of Musk’s Twitter Bid

By Ted Kerr / May 26, 2022 May 27, 2022

Elon Musk is on the cusp of owning social media giant Twitter outright. That has stirred up a lot of controversy in the markets, social media space, and among ideologues on both sides of the free speech and tech censorship debate. But what does it mean? How should investors be viewing this? Is Elon going …

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Making Sense Out of College Funding Options

By Ted Kerr / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022

College costs continue to rise at a torrid pace. If parents want to send their children to a 4-year public university today, they need to come up with around $44,000 on average for in-state tuition or nearly $120,000 for an out-of-state school. You can triple or quadruple that for a private university. Room and board …

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My Thoughts on the Value of Robo-Advisors

By Ted Kerr / April 22, 2022 April 22, 2022

I am often asked for my thoughts on robo-advisors and whether they can serve the needs of the people that use them. Many people are surprised when I tell them I am very supportive of robo-advisors. Just as the health industry has utilized technology to expand health care to people who can’t afford good health …

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