Will This Industry Surprise in 2013?
Sean Dillon | February 7, 2013
Every now and then I scan various Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) options to find out what is working to determine if new trends are emerging. During this scanning process I recently came across a very interesting industry that looked quite promising to me. It has been wise for investment professionals to ignore this industry over the past six years, but [...]
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Should You Convert Your Traditional 401k to a Roth 401k?
William Bissett | February 5, 2013
One of the more interesting provisions in the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) is the ability to do a Roth conversion within a 401(k) plan. Before January 2nd, employees were mostly prevented from moving assets from the traditional, pre-tax portion of their 401(k) to a Roth component of the same 401(k) plan. While it was available to those [...]
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Can the Data Be Trusted?
Rick Vollaro | February 1, 2013
Just two days ago the 4th quarter GDP came out as a negative number, which was much worse than expected. In fact, not one of 83 analysts had anticipated a negative number, meaning they were all too bullish on the 4th quarter growth number. But yesterday the Chicago Purchasing manager’s index, a growth barometer, was way above expectations for growth, [...]
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