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What You Need to Know about Index Funds and Mutual Funds

Integrity Financial Planning

On their surfaces, index funds and mutual funds may seem interchangeable. However, there are many key distinctions that separate an index fund from a mutual fund – distinctions that may be crucial to your portfolio of retirement investments. The Mutual Fund Difference. 1] [link]. [2]

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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

This is going to be BIG.

Then they realize that some of these companies will hit a wall, demand a lot of time, and that it's all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked out--or so the saying goes. 3) Start with funds. A mutual fund manager won't give you their portfolio strategy but most seed funds love having a network of angels to syndicate deals with.

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The SVB Situation and Your Financial Picture

Integrity Financial Planning

The Series of Events Before interest rates started to rise, SVB, a large and respected bank primarily for tech companies and startups, had lots of cash on hand. To help supply the cash needed for those companies, SVB needed to raise capital. So, let’s get into the facts that can help put this event into context.

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Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Retirement Planning

Integrity Financial Planning

It’s held jointly between you and your employer and contains contributions from you both, and it consists of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other assets. 401(k) This is the most common kind of retirement account.

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Seven ways to talk your financial execs out of jargon and bad writing

Investment Writing

Note: This post was originally published on October 18, 2013, on the MarketingProfs blog , but it remains relevant today. It’s easy to imagine a different company burying the bad news at the bottom of the letter or even in the footnotes. Other companies surely would have used stuffier language to convey such news.

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Demystifying Systematic Fixed Income Investing

ClearMoney

Investor adoption in fixed income has lagged, at least when measured by the assets under management (AUM) in mutual funds and ETFs. trillion in equity fund AUM1 was categorized as strategic beta by Morningstar. billion of fixed income funds had the same designation. At the end of 2020, $1.35 By contrast, just $14.36

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Tax Season Is Over… For Last Year

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Donating Appreciated Securities For those that are charitably minded, you can donate your appreciated stock/mutual fund etc. There are many factors outside of taxes that must be considered: Bullishness on the company, liquidity, option expiration, and more. directly to a qualified charity.

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