Diabetes,the Vitamin&Mineral Connection.
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The United States has gone through a wrenching debate over the reform of health care. The new bill cut to the essence of the United States as a republic and the sole of its citizens. This has been high stakes change management. What can the business world learn from this as a case study? I have [...]
Insurance Companies Steering Car Owners to DRP Shops?
Insurance companies are steering customers to bad body shops for auto body and collision repair.
Firstrade Brokerage Switches Clearing Firms, Offers Free Outgoing Account Transfers
I received a letter this week that discount stock broker Firstrade is changing clearing firms from Ridge Clearing to Penson Financial*. Not really a big deal, but hidden in the fine print is that existing users can perform an account transfer to another broker with no fee if you request a transfer within 30 days from the Conversion Date (”on or about June 25, 2010″). The normal outgoing ACAT transfer fee is , so this gives you an opportunity to consolidate or switch brokers with no cost. If you are looking to open a new account with Firstrade, they do offer an fee rebate against your old broker for transferring over. In addition, they have a Firstrade Refer-a-Friend program that offers new customers 5 free trades to start. * Penson Financial is used by several other discount brokers, including low-price leaders Zecco and OptionsHouse.
Free Identity Theft Protection from SuzeOrman.com
SuzeOrman.com and TrustedID are offering 12 months of free identity theft protection valid through Thursday, June 10, 2010. (update: looks like it ended update2: back up with new link). It appears help you place fraud alerts on your credit files, monitor for signs of your personal data on the internet, and offer some monetary compensation in case you are a victim. I’m having some server problems and also being hit with some sort of spambot, so sorry for the lack of details and a better post. Please leave a comment about any relevant details I am missing. You’ll need to provide your Social Security number for the ID protection. Here is the press release. Thanks to reader Elin for the tip!
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Are You Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset?
We are all leading busy lives, and it’s all to easy to “miss the woods for the trees”. What if we prioritized by taking a step back and simply asked ourselves – what is our most important asset? Are we adequately protecting that asset? Yourself Unless you’ve got a trust fund or are close to retirement, you’re likely going to have to rely on yourself to work for a while. What if you couldn’t? You need disability insurance. The first place a lot of people go for disability insurance is work. There is either short-term and long-term insurance, and it’s important to know both what triggers a insurance payout and how much money you’ll get. Sometimes, as long as you can sit and do some form of work, you’re not considered disabled. If you want to get a form of disability insurance that kicks when you can’t do your specific job anymore, then I usually see a recommendation to see an independent insurance broker that works with several different insurers. Social Security will kick in as a last resort, but it’s also hard to qualify and definitely won’t replace all your income. Your Spouse If you’ve got children or are already disabled yourself, you might depend most on your spouse for income. If that person is your most important asset, then you need both disability and life insurance. Term life insurance is cheaper because it is straight insurance without any investment component to muddle things up. Start with Term4Sale for some quotes and leads to local agents. Don’t forget about life insurance for yourself, as you might be the most important asset to your spouse as well. Your Home Equity Even after the credit crisis, a lot of people have a great chunk of their net worth tied up in their house. Do you have adequate homeowner’s insurance? It’s important to check on how much coverage you have, and what it covers. Do you have actual replacement cost coverage, or just an estimate? Are you covered in case of hurricane, flood, or earthquake? Your Pension / Investments Perhaps you are nearly or already living off your accumulated assets. Good job! If you have a pension, be aware of the financial stability of your former employer. Understand what the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will pay out in the worst case. Some people decide to take a lump sum in case of future bankruptcy. In general, make sure your investment mix is aligned with your need and tolerance for risk. Consider this rough rule of thumb. Avoid a Madoff situation. Is someone else in charge of your investments? Do a basic check at FINRA. Whoever manages your portfolio should use an independent financial institution, known as a custodian, to hold your assets. They should also be audited by a licensed, independent, and preferably well-known firm. As for me, I’ll be looking at some individual disability plans in the near future.
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Grantham/GMO 7-Year Asset Class Forecast
Jeremy Grantham is the head of GMO, an institutional asset management company that has more than 0 billion dollars under management. According to Wikipedia, he started one of the first index funds? He’s built a reputation as a market genius, with stories of successfully avoiding the Japanese bubble, the Dot-com bubble, and the most recent Credit Crisis. Of course, sometimes he was very early and people lost a lot of money trying to follow him. Every quarter, GMO releases a 7-Year Asset Class Forecast. You can read it and other market commentary for free by registering on their website. I wouldn’t call looking ahead 7 years a “long” time horizon, but since I’ve exploring future market returns, I figured why not throw it out there for future reference. Here’s the latest forecast as of April 30th, 2010. (Click to enlarge.) The chart represents real return forecast for several asset classes and an estimate of net value expected to be added from active management. These forecasts are forward-looking statements based upon the reasonable beliefs of GMO and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from the forecasts above. GMO expects the High Quality US stock, Emerging Markets stock, and Managed Timber asset classes to have the highest real return over the next 7 years. I pretty much ignore the value-added part (”alpha”) because even if I believed it, GMO won’t manage my money for me anyway.
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Driving A BMW = Six-Figure Salary and a College Education?
What types of folks tend to own luxury cars? At the end of a BusinessWeek article about the struggling Lincoln brand, I ran across this chart detailing the median income and age of the respective owners of each major luxury brand: Age Overall, this a bit older than I would have guessed for a median age. But since wealth tends to increase with age, I suppose it makes sense. BMW and Audi has the youngest crowd, with Lincoln and Cadillac with the oldest. Income I wonder if the JD Power survey asked for individual or household income. According to the 2005 Census, a household income over 0,000 puts you in the top 15% of the country. A household income over 0,000 puts you in the top 5%. According the the chart above, the median luxury car owner is easily in the top 10% of income. Is it just me, or does it seems like a lot of people who drive such luxury cars aren’t making six figures? You can lease a BMW 3-series or Audi A4 for 0 a month. That makes for a lot of very high-income folks on the other end of the curve. Education vs. Income? Digging into the education numbers tells a different side of the story. About 25% of the overall US population has a 4-year degree or higher, which is actually about the same as the median luxury car owner. Meanwhile, the overall median household income is ,000, and only rises to ,446 if you have a Bachelor’s degree or higher (2003 census). Therefore, while the median luxury car owner is about as (formally) educated as the overall population, they make triple the income versus the overall population, and still double the average of people with 4-year degrees or higher. I find that interesting. After running some numbers, simply owning a luxury brand don’t necessarily mean that much. A person who leases a Toyota SUV every three years spends more money in the long run than a person who buy a Lexus and drives it for 10 years. Another example… let’s say an Acura costs k more than the Honda counterpart. Over 10 years, that’s a premium of ,500 per year or 5 per month (plus slightly higher maintenance and insurance costs). An iPhone family plan costs more than that.
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Diabetes,the Vitamin&Mineral Connection.
eBook describing likely causes & cures of diabetic symptoms. Diabetes,the Vitamin&Mineral Connection. –
Welcome to the Official Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) Titles I & II webpage. This is a very special time for Medicare beneficiaries, full of many exciting program improvements and enhancements. The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), passed with bipartisan support in Congress and signed into law by President Bush on December 8, 2003, has given us unprecedented opportunities to bring more personalized, high-quality modern health care to Medicare’s millions of beneficiaries.
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CMS Facilitates Access to Innovative Technology
In a ruling announced today by Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., CMS clarified its payment rules to present beneficiaries with the choice to receive presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) that not only replace lens clouded by cataracts but also allows the eye to focus on near, intermediate, and far vision, minimizing the need for corrective lens.
Hurricane Katrina Information for people with Medicare and Medicaid and providers.
Upcoming Distance Learning Opportunities on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
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Diabetes,the Vitamin&Mineral Connection.
eBook describing likely causes & cures of diabetic symptoms. Diabetes,the Vitamin&Mineral Connection. –
Leave the rat race behind with an early retirement plan that’s easy to follow without damaging your quality of life. Decide when to retire by knowing the difference between needs and wants.
Boosting Baby Boomers Earnings by Working Online to Supplement Retirement Income
If you are on the verge of your retirement years it is good to plan ahead so that you will be able to enjoy it more by being able to support the retirement lifestyle that you want. Since it is an acceptable fact that prices of commodities always tend to go up, it is practical then to make sure that you can fill the gap when essential lifestyle expenses exceed your total retirement income.
5 Good Reasons For Retiring in the Philippines
A lot of Filipinos who, by reason of employment or marriage have traveled overseas, still decide to come home to the Philippines for their retirement. Filipino culture and tradition are factors that will shape this decision and it requires a grasp these practices to fully grasp how they affect daily living. In general, Filipinos are a clannish race to the extent that they have immense deference for the family.
Early Retirement – The Disadvantages
Several persons wish to retire early, since this is often seen as a symbol of financial independence and freedom drudgery. Once you’re thinking of and working towards financial independence, then that may be a fair goal. Perceiving early retirement solely as a way to free yourself of the fetters of a routine occupation might lead you to money woes sooner or later.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Retirement and Improve Confidence
Retirement is something that many people are planning to take earlier in their lives. With the opportunities of improved health care, diet and lifestyle many people can look forward to many healthy and fulfilling years ahead. Here are some ways to focus on the retirement years being a happy and confident time of our lives.
Retiring Early – 7 Steps to Financial Freedom
Ever thought of retiring early and traveling the world? Of leaving the rat behind and going on a continuous journey of discovery?
Baby Boomers Retiring Too Soon
Planning retirement; isn’t this the dream that almost every Baby Boomer has and it seems that so few achieve? Most Baby Boomers when asked, said that they would do anything to quit their jobs and some how stay at home with the people that they love most!
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