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10 Things to Know About Your 401(k)

Workable Wealth

If you’re a member of the modern workforce, you likely have access to a 401(k). A 401(k) is a retirement savings vehicle sponsored by your employer. Through your 401(k), you’re able to contribute funds and invest them according to your risk tolerance and retirement timeline. The goal is to grow a sizable retirement nest egg for yourself over the course of your career by leveraging compound interest as you continue to contribute to your 401(k).

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Animal Spirits: Bailout Main Street

The Irrelevant Investor

O n today’s show we discuss: A hub for help during the Coronavirus Danny Meyer's USHG lays off 80% of their total workforce Restaurants will need a miracle Is 20% unemployment coming? Hedge funds are outperforming Why markets are so volatile Postponing tax payments GM shutdown, but they're going to help What happens to advertisers in a recession? Cash is all that matters Sentiment survey Listen here: Charts: Tweets: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] The post Animal Spirits: Bailout Main

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The time has finally come

Truemind Capital

🔊 Play Audio. In my multiple conversations with investors during the bull-run since 2014, there was no one who said that I will not take advantage of investing in equity when the market will crash. In good times i.e. when the market valuations are usually very high, everyone agrees to the logic of buying low and selling high. But interestingly, very few implement this strategy.

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How Often Should Financial Advisors Post To Social Media?

Indigo Marketing Agency

For this week’s marketing tip, I answer the age-old question: How often should financial advisors post to social media? How can we know the ideal financial advisor social media post frequency? The short answer is, you should post about 10 times a month, which is what we do at Indigo. If you’re a current client of ours, you don’t have to worry about posting to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.

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Animal Spirits: Is This Worse Than 2008?

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts. Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off (*New YCharts users only) Listen here: On today’s show we discuss: The sudden economic stop Pure Alpha's struggles Restaurant traffic is crashing GMO says it's time to buy Bond ETFs, what the hell is going on? A serious article with one random man's opinion Robinhood maxed out a credit line The NBA was the tipping point What's going to happen to movies?

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When Is the Right Time to Buy Stocks?

The Irrelevant Investor

"When is the right time to buy stocks?" I've been getting a lot of emails about this recently, and by a lot, I mean 4 emails, which is 4 more than I've ever gotten. I want you to scroll through some charts of previous bear markets. I've circled the bottoms in red. Looking through this, one thing is crystal clear to me. It doesn't matter when you buy, only that you buy.

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Talk Your Book: Positive and Negative Compounding- Trading Direxion Leveraged ETFs

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits Talk Your Book is brought to you by Direxion. For more information please visit their site here. On today’s show we discussed: How leverage works inside of their ETFs All Direxion ETFs Thematic ETFs Leveraged ETF University Listen here: The post Talk Your Book: Positive and Negative Compounding- Trading Direxion Leveraged ETFs appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.

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It Takes a Village

The Irrelevant Investor

People are worried about their portfolios and they should be. The declines over the last few weeks in the stock market have been fast and unrelenting. But being concerned about your portfolio at this stage of the game is a luxury. Roughly half of the country doesn't own stock. These people are much more anxious about their job security than the decline in the Dow.

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What Happens After the Stock Market Falls?

The Irrelevant Investor

Buy low, sell high. Even if you know nothing about investing, you've heard this phrase before. With the S&P 500 20% off its highs, investors have an opportunity to execute on the first half of that statement. As stocks decline, they become more dangerous in the short-run but more attractive over the long-run. In order to show this, I made* a table below that shows the average returns over different time periods based on how far stocks are from their high.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Forget about what the stock market is going to do. Instead, focus on what you, as an investor, ought to do. By Jason Zweig Booms make people complacent, assets expensive, and businesses fragile By Morgan Housel Emotions have everything to do with market analysis By Dave Nadig Prudent measures to stop the spread of the virus in an effort to protect more vulnerable community members will substantially reduce economic growth.

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You upgrade everything else. Why not your close process?

You wouldn’t keep using a 2009 flip phone - so why settle for outdated close processes? It’s time for an upgrade. SkyStem's Guide to Month-End Close Software walks you through what today’s best tools can do (and what your team shouldn’t have to deal with anymore). Get smart, fast, and a whole lot less stressed when it’s time to close the books.