June Market Commentary from Charles Schwab & Co.

Stocks Rally on Stronger Data U.S. stocks continued to climb higher last week following better-than-expected economic data. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.35% to 16,924, the S&P 500 Index rose 1.53% to 1,949, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.73% to 4,321. Meanwhile, the yield on the 10-year Treasury […]

Mentor Monthly Missive – June 2014

Dirty Money

New York University researchers have discovered some grimy details about your $1 bills … and the findings might make you want to wash your hands more than once. Researchers at NYU found more than 3,000 different types of bacteria. That’s right – 3,000! Researchers with NYU’s “Dirty Money Project” collected 80 $1 bills from […]

April Market Commentary from Charles Schwab & Co.

“Rigged!” Inflammatory statements and proclamations, combined with numerous other headlines constantly bombarding investors, can make it difficult for investors to keep a clear head. The market has taken countless hits over the course of many years, from wars, to recessions, to financial and political scandals, to bubbles, and on and on…but it keeps rewarding those […]

Why rolling over 401(k) funds is usually a smart move

Like divorcees who just can’t let go, tens of thousands of people leave their jobs each year without taking their 401(k) balances with them. Job-switchers and retirees leave an estimated $40 billion each year in former employers’ retirement plans. For most of them, it’s not because they’ve carefully considered the costs and benefits of their […]

How to protect yourself from fraud

The safest place on earth to shop with a credit card these days may be at a Target store. The company is beefing up its digital security systems after thieves gained access in December to millions of customer credit card numbers and other information. Target has learned an expensive lesson, as hundreds of millions of […]

How to pay for college?

If you’re like most parents, in spite of your best efforts you’ll need some help paying for your children’s college. The high cost of higher education coupled with families’ other financial obligations make it unlikely that you’ve saved every penny of what it will cost. Regardless of what you think of your financial situation, you […]

2013 market review

Pundits and prognosticators of the stock market were wrong again in 2013. Those who said last January that the market would decline erred; those who said it would rise modestly erred; and those who said we would see “good” returns erred, as well. The year in investments turned out differently from what they all said. […]

Don’t be a password fool

OK, OK we get it. Remembering passwords is difficult. Especially if you do as suggested: Set unique passwords that are an inscrutable combination of letters, numbers and symbols. But if you’re one of the millions of people whose password is “password” or “1234,” you’re needlessly exposing yourself to identity theft and other fraud. You owe […]

Help a Charity, Help Yourself

If you’re like most Americans, your budget includes donations to charities. You realize that churches, research groups, schools and organizations that help the needy serve important functions in our society, and you support them with your donations. In 2010, the last year for which statistics are available, American taxpayers claimed deductions for $170.23 billion of […]

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