The Back-Door Roth IRA

The Back-Door Roth IRA

Roth IRAs can be highly useful retirement savings vehicles for investors.. While it is true that you cannot deduct contributions to your Roth IRA, you can withdraw your money tax-free down the road in retirement if the appropriate holding period and age requirements...
Should I Invest in International Stocks

Should I Invest in International Stocks

Decades ago, American investors tended to view the U.S. as the center of the investing world. Yet over the years, the dynamics of geographical allocations in investment portfolios have transformed. While the U.S. stock market remains the largest and most liquid, it’s...
10 Predictions for 2024

10 Predictions for 2024

“You can never predict how (the) market will react. You can model it. You may try to predict it, but weather and markets and risk, only God knows because only he has seen tomorrow.”─ Rakesh Jhunjhunwala We do not have a crystal ball to understand the future, and, if...
Treasury Yield Jitters

Treasury Yield Jitters

“I’m still trying to process why long-end interest rates are increasing.─ Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoSeptember 2023 The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index is the most well-known benchmark for the U.S. bond market. Over the past 20...