Boomers Should Buy 5 Ultra-Safe Dividend Investments Before Total Market Meltdown
While many Baby Boomers have enjoyed a long bull market over the past 35 years, there is a point when income becomes more critical than stock appreciation.
Worried About a Stock Market Crash? 6 Savvy Moves For Investors to Do Now
The “Buy the Dip” financial news teleprompter readers and the 30-year-old portfolio managers who have never seen a market crash are always insisting that stocks are going to the moon.
State Street Debuts Low-Cost Active Money Market ETF
On Thursday, February 12, State Street Investment Management debuted the State Street Prime Money Market ETF (MMK), the latest fund to join State Street's growing ETF lineup.
2026 Could Be The Year Of The 2-ETF Portfolio: Here's A Simple One With SPY And BIL
The stock market is getting simpler. Not in how to analyze it, but in the range of strategies that consistently work. That requires some rethinking about "asset allocation." Market structure changes, including algorithmic trading and index dominance, have diminished classic diversification benefits and stock-picking edges. For many investors, I think a combination of as few as one "offense" ETF, one "defense" ETF and a method to tactically allocate among them will be very competitive.
5 Ultra-Safe Dividend Investments With Higher Yields Than 2026 Social Security COLA
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, which will benefit approximately 75 million Americans receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments.
Keep It Simple With Bonds And ETFs
Rob Isbitts from Sungarden Investors Club on the S&P 500 sucking up all the air in the room and the top things he's thinking about. Building a bond ladder.
Worried About Inflation? These 3 ETFs Offer Real Protection
Though inflation has improved, it remains one of the most significant threats to an investor's accumulation of wealth. Combined with stock market volatility and broader economic uncertainty, and investors find themselves in a risky environment.
Bond ETFs in Focus as Treasury Yield Touches 3-Year Low
Bond ETFs like SGOV and SCHO gain traction as Treasury yields sink to three-year lows, reflecting rising investor caution amid mounting market stress.
BIL: SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF, I'm Buying As Tariffs Hit Inflation
BIL offers a risk-free, highly liquid yield of 4.5%, making it ideal for conservative investors seeking income and capital protection. Persistent inflation and potential tariff impacts may keep rates higher for longer, supporting BIL's attractive yield relative to inflation. In a downturn, BIL provides capital safety and liquidity, allowing investors to redeploy funds into equities at opportune moments.
ETF Records Were Made to Be Broken
Mid-2025 is approaching, and exchange traded fund demand continues its robust growth. Last year was a landmark year for the ETF industry, with industry net inflows for the first time surpassing $1 trillion and one ETF exceeding $100 billion in net inflows.
Fixed Income ETF Flowdown: Market Jitters Spark Skittish Moves
Investors were eager to close the books on April's tariff-fueled market tantrum, which left both the Dow and S&P 500 riding three-month losing streaks despite a recent rebound. Equity ETF flows cooled, while fixed income ETFs put on a decisively skittish performance.
ETFs on Pace (Again) to Break a Record
Some advisors are taking a tactical approach to investing. Many others are strategic and making 3-4 allocation changes a year.
