Tag: Investment Returns
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Mercer’s 2024 Market Autopsy: Equities Soar, Property Dips – Navigating the Road Ahead
Active Investing, Economic History, Economic Insights, Financial Literacy, Financial Planning, Financial Stability, Index Investing, Investment Strategies, Market TrendsI. Introduction: Unpacking Mercer’s Annual Investment Roadmap Mercer’s “Periodic Table of Index Returns” stands as a keenly awaited annual publication within the investment community. It offers a clear, visually engaging, and statistically robust summary of how various global asset classes have performed over the preceding year. For investors, this table serves as a valuable tool…
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How to Decipher the Freeze on Deeming Rates – Vanguard Report
Economic Insights, Financial Planning, Investment Strategies, May Vanguard, Retirement Planning, Vanguard InsightsThe federal budget has announced a freeze on social security deeming rates until June 2025. This decision has significant income implications for Age Pension recipients and suggests potential changes in official interest rates. Learn what deeming rates are, their benefits, and what the freeze means for your retirement planning.
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Vanguard’s April 2024 investment and economic outlook
Our region-by-region economic outlook and latest forecasts for investment returns.U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for March underscore the challenge faced by Federal Reserve policymakers as they try to guide inflation down toward their 2% target. Getting there would require a slower pace of growth for two especially sticky CPI components—shelter and services excluding shelter.…
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You CAN achieve one million dollars! Starting today.
You CAN achieve one million dollars! Starting today. One of the most common questions we’re asked as a financial adviser is “will I have enough to retire?” It truly is the million-dollar question! With so many variables involved, there is no set answer, but these days with so many of us expecting to live longer,…
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