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February 17, 2020 Mutual Funds No Comments

Market Regulator May Widen Stock Universe for India Mutual Funds

Market Regulator May Widen Stock Universe for India Mutual Funds India’s markets regulator plans to revise the definition of large- and mid-cap shares for mutual funds, a move that will grant money managers the flexibility to invest in a wider set of stocks. “We … Continue reading at bloomberg.com Euro’s Fate Lies in Who Blinks […]

November 18, 2015 Forex No Comments

UPDATE 1-Barclays to pay $150 mln more to regulator in forex probe -NYDFS

UPDATE 1-Barclays to pay 0 mln more to regulator in forex probe -NYDFS Nov 18 Barclays Plc will pay an additional $ 150 million to New York State’s financial regulator to resolve allegations that it rigged foreign exchange trading by putting the bank’s interests ahead of clients’, the regulator said on Wednesday. The British … […]

Investments once considered as stable as granite are rapidly losing ground, Lubaszka explains. Real estate is but one example. Long praised as a slam-dunk by money gurus, home-buying is no longer viewed as a hurdle-free path to profit. Stratospheric pricing and higher interest rates are putting intolerable pressure on the current housing bubble, factors bound to bust the suds sooner or later and drive the overheated real estate market into deepfreeze.

A deferred annuity pays out to investors interested in getting an income from an annuity, but who want the payments to begin some time in the future, usually at retirement. Or, they may want the insurance company to invest the money for a few years to increase the payments. A tax deferred annuity allows income tax to be deferred until the money is withdrawn, and you can contribute as much money yearly as you like.

Past performance is no guarantee of the future. You have probably heard this disclaimer a thousand times before, but it is really important to understand. Most rating systems have little to no predictive element in them. It's natural to think that the best performer of the past will be the best performer in the future. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Just think about it; if it were that easy, investors would just continue to buy last year's winners knowing that they will be this year's winners. And that seldom works.