Understanding Investments Journal – Summer 2016
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Spring 2016 – Understanding Investments Journal
Spring 2016 – Understanding Investments Journal The Spring 2016 edition of the Understanding Investment is now on newsstands. Click the image below to open a PDF version of this issue.
401(K)
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Investing in Airlines
They may be romantic, but are they a good investment? By Steven Albrecht I have been a pilot since I was 17 years old. I passed my first flight exam on my birthday as soon as I was old enough [...]
How did we come to be?
Toward a Better Understanding of Emerging Markets By Veronica Peterson The conventional account of the current financial industry’s concern with what are referred to as the Emerging Markets begins in the Cold War at the World Bank Group. The World [...]
Retail Therapy
By Karen Crump What's your favorite past time? Mine is shopping... I enjoy shopping for special occasions - birthdays, holidays, household decorations and of course shopping for new clothes. Shopping also known as "therapy" makes us feel good and that [...]
California Drought
By Steven Albrecht In the Spring 2014 issue of Understanding Investments Journal I wrote about water as an investment. Included in the article was a reference to the looming water shortage that was closing in on several states within the [...]
Narendra Modi: India’s Economic Saviour?
By Devin Cowette Could India become the new China? This past spring all eyes were on India as newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped into office as the 15th Prime Minister. Before his victory, Narendra Modi served as the [...]
Am I really ready to retire?
By Diane DeStefano When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is ~Oscar Wilde With pension plans becoming more and more rare, I find [...]
Protecting Your Assets
The Importance of Title Insurance By Joshua Brecheen Land, Real Estate, and our Home’s are usually the biggest investment any of us will ever make. When you purchase a home, you may be required to contract many kinds of insurance [...]