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Credit Risk for Interest Rate Risk

May 5, 2020 By Jon Luskin 1 Comment

I gave a listen to a recent episode of the Stay Wealthy podcast. Investment manager Cullen Roche was the guest for the episode. In the episode, (if I understand his argument correctly) Cullen suggests short-term corporate bonds for one’s fixed income portfolio. He argues that Treasury bonds are currently paying too little to merit the […]

Are Long-Term Treasury Bonds Worth Holding? II

April 20, 2020 By Jon Luskin 1 Comment

  Read Part I of the series on Long-Term Treasury bonds here.Read about ideal bond maturity here.   Interest rate risk is scaring investors away from longer maturity bonds. And this is the case regardless of issuer quality – whether’s it high-quality U.S. government Treasury bonds, or low-quality emerging market debt. Given today’s low interest […]

Are Long-Term Treasury Bonds Worth Holding?

April 13, 2020 By Jon Luskin 2 Comments

Ah, bonds. They’re quite the investment instrument. In a world of volatile stocks, bonds offer safety of principal – at least if you’re doing it right. That means shunning corporate bonds in favor of Treasury bonds, which includes shunning high-yield bonds. Yes, Treasury bonds are where the safe portion of your investments should lay – […]

Don’t Buy a House; Take a Sabbatical Instead

April 3, 2020 By Jon Luskin Leave a Comment

I’m writing this just a few feet from the beach – from the comfort our little self-converted recreational vehicle (RV). This is roughly our seventh month on the road – and almost one year since I’ve left the office. As I’ve enjoyed learning a whole new skillset in the van-building process (electronic schematics, electrical soldering), […]

The Cruel Math of Inflation on Stagnant Wage Growth for Late-Stage Earners

January 25, 2019 By Jon Luskin 2 Comments

I’ve come across two distinct clients recently who were experiencing identical issues. Both clients were single women on the cusp of retirement. And, as with almost every middle-class American, these two distinct clients faced an identical situation: They had not saved enough money. The simple (obvious?) solution to their savings shortfall was to downgrade their […]

Case Study: Account Distribution Hierarchy for Mortgage Paydown in Retirement

December 14, 2018 By Jon Luskin 1 Comment

Imagine a retired client. Being 68 years old, he’s managed to save a bit of money over his lifetime. Whatsmore, that money is spread across different types of accounts: His tax-deferred traditional IRA His tax-free Roth IRA The family’s taxable investment account Being that the client is retired – and a good portion of his […]

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