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Survey reveals many husbands and wives are not working together to plan for their retirement Maybe they can agree that their savings have been mauled by the worst financial crisis in decades, but many married couples agree on little else when it comes to planning for retirement, according to a survey released last week. Only 38 percent of couple In long-term investing, its all about the journey The Markets Popular wisdom about life says, "It's the journey, not the destination." In successful long-term investing, it's just the opposite. How employees' retirement fund is invested So how do the hundreds of millions of dollars in the Tulare County Employees' Retirement Association fund get turned into investments in stocks and bonds, hedge and income funds and real estate such as an office building in Texas? On Investing: Build America Bonds Equities are like foods full of exotic flavors. Bonds and fixed income securities are like plain vanilla. Right? Investing in a reflationary environment The Federal Reserve has taken dramatic actions to jump start the economy and stabilize the financial system. Interest rates are now effectively at zero. The Fed has promised to flood the credit markets with as much as $2 trillion to get lending going again – much of that cash is already in the system. And don’t forget the $787 billion federal stimulus program approved by Congress.
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