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Feb 19, 2021

Interest rates on  U.S. treasury bonds—once a mainstay of retirement planning—remain so low,  that almost no one can retire on them anymore.  Yields remain under 1.5% for TEN YEAR treasury's.  This mathematical reality is causing a huge challenge for retiring investors who want to lower their risk and stop worrying...


Feb 18, 2021

What's the smart way to allocate money in retirement?  Should all of your money be in the stock market? After all, it is climbing nicely,  and the experts say there are bullish factors ranging from the end of the pandemic, to a few more multi-trillion dollar stimulus packages on the way.  But just because the market...


Feb 17, 2021

It is looking more likely that the U.S. will be swimming in Covid-19 vaccine doses by the summer. That's good news for all of us, as long as the Biden Harris administration keeps getting shots in arms.  Vaccines have long been a sleepy little corner of the pharmaceutical industry, dominated by a handful of...


Feb 16, 2021

Joe Biden, as recently as 2019, is on record saying that he didn’t see the nation-state of China as a major threat—economically or from a spying standpoint. When pressed on whether China was ready to overtake the U.S. economically, he ridiculed the idea, and finished his statement with the phrase “Come on,...


Feb 15, 2021

A look at how President's Day came to be, along with some continuing business stories, and a special presentation of the Motley Fool Money Show to wrap up with great money making and  money saving ideas from Steve.