Kick the (Slippage) Tires before investing in a Trading System With the constant modernizing of the world we live in, where one can deposit checks via their mobile phone, download running statistics from their shoes, and order nearly anything they can think of online - it seems easier and easier to forget to be the careful consumer who kicks the tires and checks under the hood these days.We're used to seeing a nice brand name product on...more
A retirement annuity is a viable way of protecting a portion of your nest egg. An insurance company provides this type of product to help you protect and grow your retirement funds. It also gives the senior investor access to guaranteed income once he or she has quit the workforce, and helps buffer overall retirement resources from the effects of riskier, higher-yield investments. There are a couple of categories that are used to classify the...more
Investing in Minas Gerais Brazil Minas Gerais is the second most-populated and second most-richest state of Brazil. The service sector is the largest contributor towards the GDP of the state of Minas Gerais. It has marked economic divisions. The northeastern region of the state is characterized by poverty; however, Teófilo Otoni and Governador Valaderas play a key role in attracting foreign traders for its semi-precious gemstones such as sapphire and topaz. The central region has huge iron deposits. It also houses reputed companies such as Iveco and Fiat. The southern region has many medium-sized cities boasting of solid industrial bases including: Varginha, Juiz de Fora, Pocos de Caldas and Pouso Alegre. Western Minas Gerais is comparatively less densely populated and is being seen as a hub of biotechnology-related investment.Currently there are two major projects in which investors can consider investing in. These areas of investment are:Concession of 16 lots of highways:The state of Minas Gerais has the largest highway system in Brazil. It links several areas of the central and northeast regions to the areas in the southeast and south. The Minas Gerais state government...more
A fixed annuity is a type of retirement annuity that can help investors protect and grow their money via long-term investments that offer guaranteed minimum returns over set period. These investments allow senior investors to lower the overall risk of their investment portfolios as annuities are backed by the corporate credit of the insurance...more
Even a little bit of research on the topic of fixed annuities will allow you to see how beneficial these products can be in strengthening your retirement income planning strategies. These investments, which come with low risk while generating decent yields, are guaranteed by the provider to generate fixed and stable income for the retiree who...more
When you work and pay Social Security taxes, you earn "credits" towards social services. The number of credits you need to get retirement benefits depends on when you were born. If you were born in 1929 or later, you need 40 credits. This means ten years of work.If you stop working until you have enough credits to qualify for benefits, credits remain on your Social Security record. If you return to work later, you can add more credits so that you qualify. No pension can be paid until you have the required number of credits.Now, how much will your retirement benefit be? You see, your payment of benefits is based on the amount you earned during your career. Higher lifetime earnings result in higher profits. If there are years when not working or low income, the amount of your benefit may be less than if you had worked steadily. The benefit payment is also affected by the age at which you decide to retire. If you retire at age 62, your benefit will be lower than if you wait until after retirement.To help you better understand retirement, here are its types briefly explained.Full retirement ageIf you were born in 1942 or before, who are already eligible for the full benefit of social...more
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It is surprising that many financially unstable near-retirees are not taking advantage of the abundance of retirement income planning tools and investments available to the average investor. One of these investments, the retirement annuity, provides...more
Filing for Suplimental Security Income? Learn What A Lawyer Should Do For You Very simply put, hiring a supplemental security income lawyer increases your chances of recovering social security disability benefits or supplemental security...more
You can make your retirement income planning strategy stronger by using just the right allocation of fixed annuities (among other low-risk investments) with higher-risk assets such as premium stocks, for example. These annuities are provided by...more
When a person retires, they expect to enjoy life. Whether going fishing, sitting on the beach, playing cards or just traveling. Unfortunately, when that moment arrives many find there are not sufficient funds to allow this to happen. Instead, there...more
Retirement has always been viewed as the golden years. This is when the responsibilities that we have carried all of our adult lives are finally lifted and life once again opens up to new possibilities. At this age, we are free from raising children...more