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: There are six types of retirees — which are you?

New retirees are like recent college graduates — they’re on their own after years of the same routine, and they have to find a new path to follow.  That’s how Nancy K. Schlossberg, an author and former counseling professor, sees it. And she should know, having written about the transition …

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Mark Hulbert: What types of bonds should retirees own?

Ready for this week’s retirement investing pop quiz? In what kind of bonds should you invest the fixed income portion of your portfolio if you thought that a huge economic downturn was just around the corner—U.S. Treasurys or High-Grade Corporate Bonds? The standard answer from most financial planners is the …

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Mark Hulbert: Retirees should consider today’s most unpopular investment — here’s why

Have you ever wondered what investment today is the most out of favor? Most of us never even ask this question, since such investments by definition don’t even appear on our radar screens. But, as contrarians constantly remind us, we are vulnerable to making big mistakes by blindly following the …

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