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My outlook for investing in 2025: 2-0-2-5
2024 largely came in line with what we had expected for a steady but solid economy. And 2025 looks to be more of the same.
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Mutual Fund 101 – Introduction
In an introduction to our Mutual Fund 101 series, Adam Baley talks about a convenient investment vehicle for building diversified portfolios. […]
Planning retirement via Social Security
Free estimates available from Social Security are helpful tools for planning retirement. Lisa Lewitzke explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]
Making the most of mutual fund fees
Essential to the success of an investment is how much its costs eat into returns. In a MONEY TALK VIDEO, Isabelle Wiemero explains why mutual fund investors must mind the fees they pay for their funds – and also how some fund expenses can be money well-spent. This is the latest installment in the Mutual Fund 101 series. […]
Mutual Fund 101 Quiz – The answers
Check your answers to the Mutual Fund 101 Quiz below. Click on the links beneath each group of answers to see the related Money Talk Videos. To peruse all of the Mutual Fund 101 videos, click here on Landaas.com or here on the Landaas Money Talk YouTube channel. 1. Academic research has credited more than 90% of…
Mutual Fund 101 Quiz
Test your knowledge of mutual fund investing and link to our Mutual Fund 101 educational videos. […]
Talking Money: Benchmark
By Chris Evers Investment benchmarks are tools that summarize the performance of a broad market to gauge the relative performance of a specific investment. Benchmarks provide important perspective. By measuring the performance of an investment against the proper benchmark, investors can see how well their investment has done relative to the overall market in which they are investing. […]