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7 High-Return, Low-Risk Investments for Retirees

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So far, these seven high-return, low-risk investments make the most sense to me. While we can't count on CD rates to remain elevated, they're currently a great way to guarantee yourself a decent return for a term ranging anywhere from three months to five years (and sometimes more).

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Prediction: Artificial Intelligence Will Lead to Higher Returns With Biotech Stocks

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And that will drive higher returns for biotech stocks as a category. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. In turn, that will enable them to advance more programs with the same amount of money.

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31 Years of Stock Market Returns

A Wealth of Common Sense

I enjoy slicing and dicing historical stock market returns. Here’s a different way to look at returns over various time horizons for the S&P 500 going back to 1993: This is how to read this chart: Pick a starting. I’m not naive enough to assume this helps predict the future.

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5 Things Even Costco Won't Let You Return

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The generous return policy is also a fantastic resource for ensuring you're not paying for things that don't satisfy you. Indeed, Costco's return policy is famous for its breadth, allowing most Costco purchases to be returned more or less indefinitely. Even Costco's famous return policy isn't completely without limits, however.

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Here's the Average Stock Market Return Over the Last 15 Years

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The S&P 500: 15-year return of 495% (12.6% The S&P 500 returned 495% over the last 15 years, which is equivalent to 12.6% Dow Jones Industrial Average: 15-year return of 362% (10.7% The Dow Jones Industrial Average returned 362% over the last 15 years, which is equivalent to 10.7% Microsoft: 6.9% Alphabet: 4.2%

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Annaly Capital Management's Total Return Won't Pay the Bills

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But before you get too caught up in the high yield here, you need to understand that the Annaly story is really about total return. Annaly is a total return investment The biggest problem with Annaly comes as investors look at the 13%-plus yield and think of it as a dividend investment. What does Annaly Capital do? What's going on?

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3 Top Growth ETFs to Maximize Returns

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The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of January 8, 2024 Mark Roussin, CPA has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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