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Unless you decide to keep working to the very last minute What it means that you have to do some planning for your retirement, even if it’s minimal. You could, of course, ignore the whole issue and leave it for someone else to deal with and hope that he or she is sensible and trustworthy. There are 2 main aspects that have to be dealt with: the first is your finances. If you have money it has to be properly invested in order to provide income for your retirement period. Take into account the latest advances in the medical technology field. You may still be around for a long time, much longer than you budgeted for.   Yourself The second is yourself. “Yourself” means you and your spouse. You, wi Full post…

Everyone is going digital, and you should too. If you are searching for a job, or even thinking about testing the waters to see what is available, then you should have at least one or more online resumes or portfolios in your name. There are a few reasons for this, but the primary reason is that almost all hiring managers will do a quick search on prospective employees before bringing them in for an interview. Sometimes a 5 minute search on Google provides all a hiring manager needs to know to cross someone off their short list of candidates (just another reason why you should make your FaceBook pictures from your college days private, and not public).

Instead of showing a prospective employer why they shouldnt hire you, why not show them more reasons to consider you?

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Emerging Global Advisors, the firm focused solely on marketing funds focused on developing economies, moved a step closer this week to launching a varied group of 11 emerging market ETFs that include small-cap single-country ETFs and low-volatility dividend funds focused on China and Brazil.

Emerging Global laid out the funds’ tickers and expense ratios in a recent regulatory filing, suggesting the ETFs are close to going live. The company has been offering fine-tuned developing markets ETFs long before other ETF sponsors jumped on the bandwagon and started serving up granular strategies focused on the emerging markets.

Some of these funds, such as the Turkey Small Cap ETF, have the added benefit of being oriented toward domestic economies. T

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Meaning you don’t have to earn any longer It’s an age-old dream: to be independent of money. Not to have to worry about working. Not to have to worry whether you will earn enough to get you through the month. Not worrying about being fired. Well, my old friend Sid has done it. He is “money-free” as he put it. He sold his large apartment and bought a much smaller one in a retirement home. “I’m getting a lot of change out of the deal. I will invest it and the income will be enough for us,” he said.   Sudden decision Sid made a sudden decision to take this giant step. I asked him many questions about it and in the end it all came down to money. Of course the fact that he is 79 also influenced him. “Apartment pri Full post…

We could all use a little extra cash. But between working your full-time job, family time, and all your other commitments, who has time to work a traditional part-time job? Luckily, there are plenty of off-the-wall ways to make money that you can fit into your schedule. Here are some of the weirdest ways to fatten your wallet. Perhaps one of them will be the perfect second revenue stream for you:

I’m not talking about the world’s oldest profession—but legally selling body parts can net you some pretty good money quickly. For example, women (or men!) with very long hair can generally earn anywhere from $300 to $900 dollars for their tresses. Hair that is untreated is worth more, and generally the price goes up with length.

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ALPS, the Denver-based exchange-traded fund sponsor known as one of the first firms to actively market ETFs, filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to market a new high-volatility ETF that will track an index of a hypothetical portfolio comprising exchange-traded put options.

The U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund will be listed on Arca, the New York Stock Exchange’s electronic trading platform under the symbol “HVPW,” and will have an annual expense ratio of 0.95 percent, according to the filing. The fund will be ALPS’s fourth ETF.

With the market’s recent upswing, HPVW might be going into registration at a propitious time. High-volatility stocks generally experience significant declines in a bear market, but when stocks are rallying, high-volatility stocks can experience greater gains.

Although low-volatility ETFs, such as the PowerShares S&P Low Volatility ETF (NYSEArca: SPLV), have been popular since they came on the scene last spring, the high-volatility ETF landscape is more limited. HVPW is

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