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1. How to generate income when the deck is stacked against you
Federal Reserve policy has helped push the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.36% down to about 2% from 2.69% at the end of last year. That makes it harder for income-seeking investors, as yields for other bonds and preferred stocks have also fallen. Jeff Reeves digs into various investment alternatives.
2. Bitcoin: what goes up very quickly must come down
Mark Hulbert expects a near-term price crash for bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.80% based on academic and technical research.
3. Time for a look at health-care stocks
Among the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 SPX, +0.58% health care has easily been this year’s worst performer. Here are two health-care sector plays that Vitaliy Natsenelson considers to be bargains.
Related: These European companies benefit from high health-care prices in the U.S.
4. Check your Social Security Statement now
Double-checking these items on your Social Security statement will save you big headaches later on.
5. A retiree shares some sobering lessons learned
10 things I wish I knew about retirement before I retired.
6. A fascinating accounting story
BlackBerry violated SEC rules with these non-GAAP numbers in its earnings report.
7. We know college is expensive, but is a particular degree worth the money?
A large survey feeds a list of most regretted college majors.
8. Five stocks flying under the radar
Michael Brush explains why investors love stocks priced below $10 and names five to consider.
9. Suze Orman’s latest warning to the FIRE crowd
In an MarketWatch interview, the celebrity financial adviser warns millennials who want to retire early: “I don’t know anybody in their 70s, 80s and 90s who has escaped serious medical disaster.”
10. This lucrative workplace benefit gets even better
President Trump’s executive order requiring hospitals to disclose prices can make health savings accounts a better deal. (Read here how health savings accounts work and how they can be used for long-term investments.)
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