Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Best Money Tips: Smart Retirement Strategies for Women

Best Money Tips: Smart Retirement Strategies for Women

Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found smart retirement strategies for wome
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Meet the 5 Most Influential Dogs on the Internet (Infographic)


These celebrity canines are cashing in on their social media following to score lucrative endorsement deals and product lines.

Ask the Readers: What Goals Did You Achieve in 2015?

Ask the Readers: What Goals Did You Achieve in 2015?

Many people like to set goals at the beginning of the year. Some goals fizzle out, but others are im
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The 6 Best Makeup Kits You Can DIY for $50 or Less

Your skin is not the same today as it was when you were a teenager. Your makeup style and skin care
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Best Deals for Tuesday 12/29

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6 Key Tasks of an End-of-Year Business Checklist

An end-of-year business checklist is critical to a good finish for the year, and essential to a prof
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4 Ways Stress Is Killing Your Finances

4 Ways Stress Is Killing Your Finances

You work too much. You don’t sleep enough. You’re trying to run a busy household while also earning
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9 Surprising Things Your Homeowners Insurance Doesn’t Cover

If you’ve never read the entirety of your homeowners insurance policy, you might believe you’re prot
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2015/12/29/4-ways-stress-is-killing-your-finances/

How Not to Kill Your PPC Account With a PR Stunt


When my client Rent Like A Champion came to me with the news that they would be appearing on Shark Tank, I had two big gut reactions. First reaction: Second reaction: (Dr. Strangelove) Big publicity…

The three digital concepts customer service innovators need to grasp | Information Age


The power of analytics, interconnection points, and the Internet of Things are not buzzwords - they are fundamentally altering the competitive landscape and require a rethink of even the most proven business strategy.

5 Myths of Social Media Marketing


Have you tied your social media efforts to a positive ROI? Or, have you heard claims that social media marketing just isn’t worth the effort for B2B companies? B2B social media has gotten a bad rap…

Why You Should Start Business Blogging in the New Year

Why You Should Start Business Blogging in the New Year

With millions of blogs and blog posts across the Internet, it’s no longer an option for business o
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11 Ways a Second Language Can Boost Your Career

I will just come out and say it in plain English: The American job market sucks.

However, for those
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2015/12/29/why-you-should-start-business-blogging-in-the-new-year/

Monday, December 28, 2015

Once Again… + MORE 5:51 am Dec 29th

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. 1 In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes his priorities…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

The Riskalyze Report: A Year-End Rotation

– thereformedbroker.com

At the request of so many investment advisors, my friends at Riskalyze share the big trends in the assets going into and coming out of advisor portfolios every week. The underlying data is aggregated from hundreds of thousands of client accounts across the $120 billion and counting that advisors manage on the Riskalyze platform*…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

The US stock market started the last trading week of 2015 on a slightly negative note, with major indices losing ground on Monday. Among thousands of stocks,  Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX), Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX), Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:ICON), Chesapeake Energy Corporation…

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Misguided Plans to Fix the Fed Part 1: Bernie Sanders

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

Starting with a recent op-ed in the New York Times by Bernie Sanders, let’s take a look at various proposals floating around to fix the Fed and other central banks.Bernie Sanders says To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the FedSanders: Wall Street is still out of control. Seven years ago, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department bailed out the largest financial institutions in this country because they were considered too big to fail…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

When Will They Bottom? Oil, SP500, then Exxon MobilA full blown bear market in energy resources and energy stocks has been underway since mid-2014. History shows that the price of crude oil typically bottoms before the broad stock market. And oil related stocks bottom at the same time or later than the broad market.
 
The monthly chart below shows how oil bottoms several months before the stock market does…

Continue Reading On investorsinsight.com »

Once Again…

– crossingwallstreet.com

Here’s the 2016 Crossing Wall Street Buy List. The list goes live at the opening bell next Monday.
AFLAC (AFL)
Alliance Data Systems (ADS)
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY)
Biogen (BIIB)
Cerner (CERN)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH)
CR Bard (BCR)
Express Scripts (ESRX)
Fiserv (FISV)
Ford (F)
HEICO (HEI)
Hormel Foods (HRL)
Microsoft (MSFT)
Ross Stores (ROST)
Signature Bank (SBNY)
Snap-on (SNA)
Stericycle (SRCL)
Stryker (SYK)
Wabtec (WAB)
Wells Fargo (WFC)

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Tracking Trump

– ritholtz.com

Tracking Trump
Source: Bloomberg

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Concentrated stock holding….

– obliviousinvestor.com

Concentrated stock holding….A reader writes in, asking:
“You wrote recently about it being a bad idea to own a significant amount of stock of your employer. What about if you’re retired? In my case, I have a large portion of my portfolio in a taxable account in the stock of my former employer. Because it’s taxable, I’d have to pay tax to sell it…

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from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/once-again-more-551-am-dec-29th/
Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. 1 In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes his priorities…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

The Riskalyze Report: A Year-End Rotation

– thereformedbroker.com

At the request of so many investment advisors, my friends at Riskalyze share the big trends in the assets going into and coming out of advisor portfolios every week. The underlying data is aggregated from hundreds of thousands of client accounts across the $120 billion and counting that advisors manage on the Riskalyze platform*…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

The US stock market started the last trading week of 2015 on a slightly negative note, with major indices losing ground on Monday. Among thousands of stocks,  Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX), Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX), Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:ICON), Chesapeake Energy Corporation…

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Misguided Plans to Fix the Fed Part 1: Bernie Sanders

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

Starting with a recent op-ed in the New York Times by Bernie Sanders, let’s take a look at various proposals floating around to fix the Fed and other central banks.Bernie Sanders says To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the FedSanders: Wall Street is still out of control. Seven years ago, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department bailed out the largest financial institutions in this country because they were considered too big to fail…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

When Will They Bottom? Oil, SP500, then Exxon MobilA full blown bear market in energy resources and energy stocks has been underway since mid-2014. History shows that the price of crude oil typically bottoms before the broad stock market. And oil related stocks bottom at the same time or later than the broad market.
 
The monthly chart below shows how oil bottoms several months before the stock market does…

Continue Reading On investorsinsight.com »

Once Again…

– crossingwallstreet.com

Here’s the 2016 Crossing Wall Street Buy List. The list goes live at the opening bell next Monday.
AFLAC (AFL)
Alliance Data Systems (ADS)
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY)
Biogen (BIIB)
Cerner (CERN)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH)
CR Bard (BCR)
Express Scripts (ESRX)
Fiserv (FISV)
Ford (F)
HEICO (HEI)
Hormel Foods (HRL)
Microsoft (MSFT)
Ross Stores (ROST)
Signature Bank (SBNY)
Snap-on (SNA)
Stericycle (SRCL)
Stryker (SYK)
Wabtec (WAB)
Wells Fargo (WFC)

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Tracking Trump

– ritholtz.com

Tracking Trump
Source: Bloomberg

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

Concentrated stock holding….

– obliviousinvestor.com

Concentrated stock holding….A reader writes in, asking:
“You wrote recently about it being a bad idea to own a significant amount of stock of your employer. What about if you’re retired? In my case, I have a large portion of my portfolio in a taxable account in the stock of my former employer. Because it’s taxable, I’d have to pay tax to sell it…

Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »

How 1 Boy Made Christmas For Families With Sick Children a Merry One + MORE 5:50 am Dec 29th

Tauck Bridge Family Travel has expanded its travel portfolio for 2016 by adding new small group departures to two popular eight-day Bridges itineraries in Italy and London called “Italia Bella: Rome to Venice” (June 20 and July 12) and “Castles & Kings: London to Paris” (June 24 and July 18)…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

The Promise that Brings Hope

– http://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/

Joni Eareckson Tada is an overcomer. At 17, she dove into shallow water and surfaced a parapalegic. For nearly 50 years now, Christ has worked through her story and life to encourage others with disabilities similar to hers.
The late Louis Zamperini was an overcomer. As detailed in “Unbroken,” the book and Hollywood movie about his life, he was shot down in World War II and barely survived 40 days adrift at sea…

Continue Reading On http://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/ »

Television suffers from a stigma: An over exploitation of violence, sex and drug use.
Although these thematic elements do circulate the tube quite often, television also provides a wide-range of family entertainment that is both educational and inspirational.
Parents who fear their child may be exposed to inappropriate elements must trust that with health viewing habits and parental supervision, “television time” can be a constructive experience…

Continue Reading On upliftingfamilies.com »

When Grandparents Let The Kids Have Too Much Screen TimeRecently on our Facebook page, a mother posted that the grandparents let the kids have too much screen time.  Both sets of grandparents were watching her kids for her while she worked (they were taking turns), but one set let her kids watch TV and play on their tablet all day.  She felt frustrated by the situation and asked for advice…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

How 1 Boy Made Christmas For Families With Sick Children a Merry One

Most children wake up Christmas morning and can’t wait to run downstairs in their pajamas to rip open their gifts from Santa – but not Jerry Hatcher Jr. On Christmas morning this year – and the two years before – Jerry woke up, put on his best suit, grabbed the wad of cash he’d been saving up and working for all year, and headed over to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to perform Christmas miracles…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
I am sharing these New Year’s Eve drinks for kids because we are coming up on New Year’s Eve and our kids are excited.  This is the first year where they seem to know about it…

Continue Reading On yourmodernfamily »

December 29, 2015

– foryourmarriage.org

It’s still a good time for a Christmas movie. Both “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol” have family themes that can lead to good discussion afterwards. Or try a new movie – check out the list on the USCCB website.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

TODAY ONLY! Get our brand-new goal-setting course for just $25!We believe one of the biggest reasons people don’t get where they hope to go—or don’t really get anywhere in life!—is because they don’t set goals. Goals bridge the gap between dreams and reality.
It’s fairly easy to brainstorm. It’s very easy to daydream. It’s much harder to get on your work clothes and get busy…

Continue Reading On moneysavingmom.com »

13 Food Storage New Year’s ResolutionsStoring food, say a month or two’s worth, is no longer the habit of a fringe group of Doomers. Everyday moms like me have an extra stash of food set away for those “just in case” events.
1. Don’t let “perfect” get in the way of “it’s good enough.” You don’t need freeze-dried food to have a decent food storage pantry…

Continue Reading On thesurvivalmom.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/how-1-boy-made-christmas-for-families-with-sick-children-a-merry-one-more-550-am-dec-29th/
Tauck Bridge Family Travel has expanded its travel portfolio for 2016 by adding new small group departures to two popular eight-day Bridges itineraries in Italy and London called “Italia Bella: Rome to Venice” (June 20 and July 12) and “Castles & Kings: London to Paris” (June 24 and July 18)…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

The Promise that Brings Hope

– http://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/

Joni Eareckson Tada is an overcomer. At 17, she dove into shallow water and surfaced a parapalegic. For nearly 50 years now, Christ has worked through her story and life to encourage others with disabilities similar to hers.
The late Louis Zamperini was an overcomer. As detailed in “Unbroken,” the book and Hollywood movie about his life, he was shot down in World War II and barely survived 40 days adrift at sea…

Continue Reading On http://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/ »

Television suffers from a stigma: An over exploitation of violence, sex and drug use.
Although these thematic elements do circulate the tube quite often, television also provides a wide-range of family entertainment that is both educational and inspirational.
Parents who fear their child may be exposed to inappropriate elements must trust that with health viewing habits and parental supervision, “television time” can be a constructive experience…

Continue Reading On upliftingfamilies.com »

When Grandparents Let The Kids Have Too Much Screen TimeRecently on our Facebook page, a mother posted that the grandparents let the kids have too much screen time.  Both sets of grandparents were watching her kids for her while she worked (they were taking turns), but one set let her kids watch TV and play on their tablet all day.  She felt frustrated by the situation and asked for advice…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

How 1 Boy Made Christmas For Families With Sick Children a Merry One

Most children wake up Christmas morning and can’t wait to run downstairs in their pajamas to rip open their gifts from Santa – but not Jerry Hatcher Jr. On Christmas morning this year – and the two years before – Jerry woke up, put on his best suit, grabbed the wad of cash he’d been saving up and working for all year, and headed over to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to perform Christmas miracles…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
I am sharing these New Year’s Eve drinks for kids because we are coming up on New Year’s Eve and our kids are excited.  This is the first year where they seem to know about it…

Continue Reading On yourmodernfamily »

December 29, 2015

– foryourmarriage.org

It’s still a good time for a Christmas movie. Both “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol” have family themes that can lead to good discussion afterwards. Or try a new movie – check out the list on the USCCB website.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

TODAY ONLY! Get our brand-new goal-setting course for just $25!We believe one of the biggest reasons people don’t get where they hope to go—or don’t really get anywhere in life!—is because they don’t set goals. Goals bridge the gap between dreams and reality.
It’s fairly easy to brainstorm. It’s very easy to daydream. It’s much harder to get on your work clothes and get busy…

Continue Reading On moneysavingmom.com »

13 Food Storage New Year’s ResolutionsStoring food, say a month or two’s worth, is no longer the habit of a fringe group of Doomers. Everyday moms like me have an extra stash of food set away for those “just in case” events.
1. Don’t let “perfect” get in the way of “it’s good enough.” You don’t need freeze-dried food to have a decent food storage pantry…

Continue Reading On thesurvivalmom.com »

Best Money Tips: How to Shop, Cook, and Eat Healthy for One

Best Money Tips: How to Shop, Cook, and Eat Healthy for One

Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found articles on how to shop and cook hea
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2015/12/28/best-money-tips-how-to-shop-cook-and-eat-healthy-for-one/

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25 Motivational Quotes for Success at Work

25 Motivational Quotes for Success at Work

The path to success for an entrepreneur can be quite challenging, but extremely rewarding. To help y
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10 New Year Money Resolutions Anyone Can Keep

Every New Year brings the usual New Year’s resolutions. Time to lose weight, exercise more, get a pr
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6 Emergency Fund Myths You Should Stop Believing

6 Emergency Fund Myths You Should Stop Believing

Starting an emergency fund can feel like a daunting prospect. On top of saving for retirement and ke
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2015/12/28/6-emergency-fund-myths-you-should-stop-believing/

How to Tell an Effective Story with Content


Too often as content marketers, we lose touch with the big picture, of our "why." It's time to change the story.

10 Top Digital Marketing Automation Tools That Could Transform Your Business


It was 2008. Trying to find a way to shorten a link for Twitter to get the tweet under 140 characters was a challenge. You needed a tool to do that simple task. Then I stumbled upon “that” tool.…

How to Use LinkedIn for Business, Marketing, an...


To help build out your LinkedIn strategy, HubSpot and LinkedIn created How to Use LinkedIn for Business, Marketing, and Professional Networking. From how to optimise your LinkedIn profile to advice for building relationships to which features you should be leveraging, this kit serves as your one-stop shop for all things LinkedIn. In terms of resources, here's what you can expect to receive:Three comprehensive guides: How to Optimize your LinkedIn Profile, How to Use LinkedIn for Professional Networking, and How to Use LinkedIn for your BusinessSix PowerPoint & Photoshop templates to make your profile look beautifulAn infographic from LinkHumans that depicts the perfect LinkedIn profile -- a sneak peek of which is below:... | Social Buzzr

Customer engagement technology trends for 2016 ...


Today's customers are having their service expectations reshaped by advances in consumer technology, and will become increasingly frustrated when having to engage with brands that don't perform to the same levels as their best practice competitors, according to Sabio, which has outlined 2016's top technology trends for more effective customer engagement.Sabio's Head of Consultancy, Stuart Dorman, says that offering more intelligent service and making it easier to engage can make a huge difference, not only by helping organisations to optimise operational performance, but also in terms of freeing up customer time so that they can actually spend more of their lives doing what they actually want to do. 64.180.55.243 This article is copyright 2015 TheWiseMarketer.com.Among Sabio's top trends for more effective customer engagement | Public Relations & Social Media Insight

10 Top Digital Marketing Automation Tools That Could Transform Your Business


It was 2008. Trying to find a way to shorten a link for Twitter to get the tweet under 140 characters was a challenge. You needed a tool to do that simple task. Then I stumbled upon “that” tool.…

Sunday, December 27, 2015

A Stock Picker’s Recipe for Success + MORE 5:20 am Dec 28th

 
 
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at the usual run of terrible year end financial advice.
I do not mince words about my annoyance with the usual filler. Here’s an excerpt from the column:

“I offer you none of that: no stock picks, no predictions, no economic analysis…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

Death Watch Illinois: Despite Massive Stock Market Rally, Illinois Pension Liabilities Go Up, and Up, and UpIllinois Pension Problems MountIllinois’ unfunded liabilities have risen ten out of the last eleven years. The only exception was 2011. This was despite massive rallies in financial markets every year since 2009.One out of every five tax dollars goes to pensions, but that’s nowhere close to enough to stem the tide…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Submitted by David Haggith via The Great Recession blog, It’s a good question to ask on the days after Christmas, when we have all used our credit cards to buy gifts for others. In spite of this seasonal gift buying, I think there has never been a more selfish generation. What is so selfish about this generation? What other generation has been so amenable toward letting future generations pay for their lavish lifestyles? Many live in MacMansions purchased with thirty-year loans they won’t live to repay…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

At the recent CFA Institute Equity Research and Valuation Conference in Philadelphia, Fidelity fund manager Chuck Myers, CFA, drew on his experiences as a value investor and shared some of the lessons he learned along the way that have come to shape his investing philosophy. Read more

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from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/a-stock-pickers-recipe-for-success-more-520-am-dec-28th/
 
 
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at the usual run of terrible year end financial advice.
I do not mince words about my annoyance with the usual filler. Here’s an excerpt from the column:

“I offer you none of that: no stock picks, no predictions, no economic analysis…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

Death Watch Illinois: Despite Massive Stock Market Rally, Illinois Pension Liabilities Go Up, and Up, and UpIllinois Pension Problems MountIllinois’ unfunded liabilities have risen ten out of the last eleven years. The only exception was 2011. This was despite massive rallies in financial markets every year since 2009.One out of every five tax dollars goes to pensions, but that’s nowhere close to enough to stem the tide…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Submitted by David Haggith via The Great Recession blog, It’s a good question to ask on the days after Christmas, when we have all used our credit cards to buy gifts for others. In spite of this seasonal gift buying, I think there has never been a more selfish generation. What is so selfish about this generation? What other generation has been so amenable toward letting future generations pay for their lavish lifestyles? Many live in MacMansions purchased with thirty-year loans they won’t live to repay…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

At the recent CFA Institute Equity Research and Valuation Conference in Philadelphia, Fidelity fund manager Chuck Myers, CFA, drew on his experiences as a value investor and shared some of the lessons he learned along the way that have come to shape his investing philosophy. Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »