Author: Biz India

By Tom Essaye – Weiss Research By now, you’re likely aware of the $2 BILLION loss by the “chief investment office” at J.P. Morgan (JPM). The firm’s stock has obviously suffered, and there has been plenty of negative commentary regarding the incident. But you should consider looking at this from a contrarian viewpoint and see if there are any opportunities in this incident. The initial reaction whenever there is bad news like this is to sell first and ask questions later. And that’s usually the right move to make — at least in the very short-term. But the first...

By Nilus Mattive – Weiss Research If you want to hear scary stories related to retirement, you don’t have to look very hard. For example, a trade association for the financial services industry called LIMRA recently surveyed a couple thousand Americans on retirement matters. What they found is that about 49 percent of the respondents aren’t saving for retirement at all. Yes, you read that right — HALF of the people are literally putting nothing away for their golden years! Why not? Well, the majority suggested that they just couldn’t afford to contribute to an IRA account. Now I...