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The article focuses on maximizing retirement benifits by proper planning. Topics discussed include investing into 401(k) plan and diversified portfolio; impact of taxes, unpredictable investment returns, and rising health care costs on the same; and managing the spending for retirement and use the inflation rate for adjusting withdrawals in subsequent years.

In this article, the author discusses latest buys and sells of Warren Buffett, chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway, which lead to increase in its market value and average annual compound rate of return. Topics discussed include increase in stake in Apple making its biggest position at Wells Fargo, unloading of shares in American Airlines as part of minor repositioning, and accumulation of majority of stakes at International Business Machines (IBM).

The article offers information on the better rate of return in the index funds in the U.S. Topics discussed include claim more than half of the assets in the investment-management business by 2020; portfolio valuation of Vanguard 500 Index which is linked to Standard & Poor's 500-stock index; and low-fees, tax and trading expenses in index funds.

The article focuses on several dividend-paying stocks falling into three categories, brisk growth, stability and high yields. Topics discussed include no delivering of sizable share-price gains by high-yield stocks with stronger price appreciation produced from stocks with greater dividend growth, firms steadily raising their dividends such as Johnson & Johnson with increasing revenues due to entry of new drugs and medical devices in the market and Procter & Gamble with brands such as Gillette.

The article focuses on online savings and checking accounts in the U.S. that offer attractive yields at lower fees. Topics discussed include no minimum-balance requirement at Bank of Internet USA Rewards Checking account, interest offered by GE Capital Bank Online Savings and MySavingsDirect My Savings, and healthy interest rates offered by Nationwide's online banking unit on certificates of deposit (CD).

State pensions have seen overall improvement, but there are some notable laggards. Strong investment returns have boosted the median funding ratio…the fraction of what is needed now in order to deliver promised future benefits… to 72.5%. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry and presents suggestions for choosing a potential fund. It analyzes the legitimate investing theme of ETF and its marketing methods. The author suggests examining the fund's goals, strategies and holdings to make sure that the investor was getting the right exposure.

The article focuses on top-yielding online savings accounts in the U.S. Topics covered include advice for investors to choose savings accounts that consistently offers a strong yield, reason for excluding the Fitness Bank Savings Account from the top-yielding savings account chart, and yield of Purepoint Financial Online Savings and Live Oak Bank Online Savings.

The article presents information on new ways of measuring risk to help investors in determining the stocks that can be high-yielding. Topics covered include spreads of unconventional income securities being chosen by some investors in response to the collapse of bank rates and bond yields, areas that investors can tap for high yield such as commercial mortgage-backed securities and nonbank business lending and some of the recommended investments like Ares Capital and Apollo Investment.

A correction is presented to the article "How to Get Higher Yields," which appeared in the June 2019 issue.

The article discusses the contribution of the real estate investment trust (REIT) to the high income of the landlords in the U.S. It highlights the increase of the interest rates driven by the rise of financing costs for property owners due to the demand of rents. It also cites the long-term growth for the REIT's specialized market.

The article discusses how businesses can select the proper video wall equipment. It suggests using a consultant to look at video wall with a client to analyze the true cost of ownership and return on investment. It mentions the importance of coordinating with different vendors such as display manufacturer, structural mount supplier, and digital content creator for the successful integration of display solution. INSET: ALWAYS BE CLOSING.

The article discusses the rate from preferred stocks of high-paying hybrid securities offered to income seekers including great deals of yield averages. Topics include the meaning of preferred stocks, assurance of preferred dividends, and comparison on preferreds with more tax efficient compared to bonds.

The article discusses the report from the U.S. Treasury Department which shows the downturn of long-term bond yields below short-term yields. It mentions that when the yields on short-term debt exceed those on longer-term bonds, it is said to be inverted which is also considered as a recession indicator based on the policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve. According to chief investment strategist Sam Stovall of research firm CFRA that the longest economic expansion in history will be in July 2019.

The article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve credit tightening on long-term financial investments. It informs that investment firms such as Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Compass Diversified Holdings, and Ladder Capital sound portfolios of loans and properties which cover distributions with regular cash flow, and offer better rate of return.

The article offers suggestions for building a healthy portfolio including analysing time and compounding interest for portfolio; cutting investment costs; and spreading assets among different types of investments.

The article offers information on several truth about stock market in the U.S. Topics discussed include Hemline Theory that women wear shorter skirt styles during periods of positive market returns and economic prosperity; returns on Dow Jones industrial average during preelection years; and posting its weakest returns from May through October by stock market and rise in returns from November to April.

The article reviews the Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio investment product from the Fidelity Investments company. Multiple charts are offered of health care sector funds ranked by rate of return over one year, the twenty largest stock mutual funds, and the twenty largest bond mutual funds, ranked by size.

The article offers information related to the growth in yields of short-term certificates of deposit (CD) offered by several banks in the U.S. suggesting the benefits offered for individuals when investing in CDs. Topics include the top-yielding deposit accounts in the country such as Memory Bank, the top-yielding CD like Connexus Credit Union, and the top credit cards for 2018 such as Amazon Rewards Visa.

The article discusses income and assurable interest rates in the volatile market such as real estate investment trusts, oil and gas partnerships and dividend stocks. It also states the timely payment of interest by Boeing Co. and AT&T. Topics discussed includes fixed income mutual fund, exchange traded funds and Share prices.

The article provides information on the U.S. stocks performance in last 12 months and the performance of Volatility index market. It also states that Sudhir Nanda designed the computer program for stock price index. Topics discussed includes MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index, Tech Stocks, and Economic Growth in the U.S.

The article discusses about the target date funds. Topics of discussion includes they are treated as default option in retirement plans, due to their diversifications, target-date funds can never reach in the list of top performers or they can save from getting mauled in a bear market. It also suggests that investors have earned better in capturing upswings and not piling for downswings.

An interview with Eli Beracha, an associate professor at Florida International University and coauthor of “A Revision of the American Dream of Home Ownership," is presented. He discusses reasons for homeowners in accumulating more wealth than renters as well as the comparison of home-price appreciation with the return from investing in stocks and bonds.

The article discusses the steps to ensure the returns on investment. Topics mentioned include to establish a mix of stocks and bonds in the changes of asset-allocation plan for investment, to rebalance the portfolio for domestic and international holdings and to manage the diversified stock fund with similar funds..

The article discusses aspects of the negative returns for bonds with low interest rates in the U.S. It examines the influence of low inflation to the economic growth due to the backtrack of the bonds. It also stresses the gap between the treasury yields and the emerging-markets debt as well as the investment trusts and energy partnerships.

The author discusses the performance of small-capitalization (small-cap) stocks and argues that investing in small caps is a good strategy. He mentions reduced risk on small caps based on the idea that these stocks undergo less scrutiny, his preference for micro-cap stocks, and recommends several funds including the Vanguard Small Cap Index.

The article focuses on Ian Mackinnon, an engineer for Sunoco, who had a savings account and wanted advice on how to invest it for a higher return. It mentions his saving for retirement in his 401(k) and their suggestion to him to consider financial planner. It presents views of assistant charter school principal Devon Madison about financial planner.

The article presents the portforlio's performance for practical investments that highly affecting the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF. It shows small group of large-company growth stocks performed weak. Topics presented also tables of comparison for the year 2012 to 2015 of portfolio return and benchmark return.

Statistics are presented regarding the annualized returns of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 2016 including the iShares Core S&P 500, the Vanguard Total Stock Market and the Schwab US Dividend Equity.

The article reports that the exchange traded funds (ETFs) hold stocks, which are lower in value based on measures such as price-earnings ratios. Strategy of focusing on the market's low value stocks has led to above-average returns. The ETF's stock-picking methodology has paid off so far. The highest- scoring stocks get the most value.

A correction to the article "Yields and Rates," in the October 2015 issue is presented.

The article presents an overview of the reasons why the yields are not increasing in the U.S. The topics discussed include the perspectives of bond investor Sreeni Prabhu on the effectiveness of the volatility of the stock market on the performance of fixed income, the effects of inflation on bondholders, and the strong demand for treasury securities.

The article focuses on the portfolio management. Topics discussed include the decision-making in investments, the average annual return in the U.S. stocks, and the effect of lower inflation in nominal stock returns. Also mentioned are the stock market in the U.S., the impacts of inflation in economic growth and in profit margins, and the U.S. bond market.

An interview with Kathy Jones, fixed-income strategist at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, is presented. Topics discussed by Jones include the low yields and 0% rates of new individual (I)-bonds in the U.S. in 2015, the negative yields in Europe, and the plan of the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise the interest rates to attract overseas money.

The article discusses the investments of exchange-traded fund (ETF) in income-oriented closed-end funds that sell at bargain prices. It mentions that the ETF holds funds that sell options against their holdings as well as holds closed-ends that own high-quality bonds. Charts are offered depicting PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio fund, conservative-allocation ETFs, and high-yield bond ETFs.

The article discusses the concept of ultra-short bond funds which offer an opportunity to earn a better yield without incurring much more risk. It mentions the investment of Baird Ultra Short Bond Investor in short-term Treasury bonds and low-risk corporate bonds and mortgages. Charts are also offered of top-yielding money market accounts, top-yielding certificates of deposit and low-rate credit cards.

The article focuses on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETF) that are recommended to investors. Topics discussed include generous yield delivered by Fidelity Floating Rate High Income, mortgage securities and corporate bonds owned by William Blair Income Fund, and the benefits to investors of the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF.

The article discusses the performance of the FMI International mutual fund. Topics discussed include the fund's focus on large foreign companies, the 11.7% annualized return of FMI International since its launch on December 31, 2010 to February 6, 2015, and some of stocks under the fund's portfolio.

The article offers consumer information related to mobile banking and to financial products. It says that bank customers' use of mobile banking apps has increased and recommends checking whether they carry any additional fees or terms that differ from traditional banking transactions. Tables with information on the interest rates on various credit cards and on savings products such as certificates of deposit are presented.

The article discusses aspects and forecasting of income investment. Topics include exchange-traded fund's (ETF) trend, valuation and prices of income investment categories, and high yielding ETF iShares U.S. preferred stock (PFF) which is managed by investment management company BlackRock. Decision to not part with the preferreds stocks which are yielding modest returns is mentioned.

The article discusses increase in currency-hedged funds in U.S. Topics include key facts and graph of financial services provider Deutsche Bank's X-trackers MSCI EAFE hedged equity, pie chart depicting sector-wise breakdown of stocks with financials sector leading the way, and exchange-traded funds (ETF) ranking table for one-year returns. Chart of asset-ranked diversified international stocks ETFs is presented.

The article evaluates the feasibility of investing in U.S.-based Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (Pimco). Topics covered include the move of Pimco co-founder to Janus Global Unconstrained Bond, rate of return from Pimco funds and the suggestion to consider investments in Osterweis Strategic Income and Metropolitan West Unconstrained Bond.

The article discusses a whitepaper titled "Employee Engagement: The Most Powerful way to Create ROI" by consultant Maria Paviour that highlights the value of engagement as a way to create return on investment as a key to improving overall employee performance. Topics include the impact of employee engagement on income growth, productivity, and client satisfaction, and the link between more engaged workforce and new products and services.

The article reports that seven research studies on trends in various consumer segments served by the professional audio-video industry was released by InfoComm International, which is entitled "InfoComm 2015 Vertical Markets End-user Perspective Studies." Topics discussed include information offered by the studies related to the evolving needs of the industry's customers, the state of the audio-video equipment industry in 2015 and return on investment by standardizing AV technology.

Several letters to the editors are presented in response to articles in previous issues such as "Best Buy, Vendors To Launch Ultra HD Awareness Campaign" and "Reversing the $16 Billion Return Tsunami."