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Gold and silver are on pace for their biggest yearly percentage gains since 1979.
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Kennedy Center reportedly changed rules before vote to add Trump's name The GuardianKennedy Center changed board rules months before vote to add Trump's name The Washington PostNew Year's Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled After Trump's Renaming The New York TimesKennedy Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations NPRFrom battleships to buildings: Trump's name is everywhere Reuters
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For investors worldwide, 2025 was anything but boring: It was great for metals, surprisingly bad for crypto and particularly nice for stocks outside of the U.S.
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Gold Forecast 2026: Why Macro Forces and Technical Breakouts Point to $6,000 FXEmpire'We're in a metals war': Gold, silver track their best year since 1970s as volatility grips trade Yahoo FinanceSilver shines in 2025 global market spotlight as softs, oil lag ReutersSilver, gold and copper trounced stocks. Here's what a key chart level suggests could be ahead for 2026. MarketWatch
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U.S. men's hockey roster is set, and Bill Guerin won't be second-guessing any decisions The New York TimesSources: Keller, Thompson, Jones make U.S. roster ESPNOlympic and Paralympic Hockey Rosters To Be Named Jan. 2 Exclusively on TODAY Team USA HockeyFinal Team USA Roster Predictions for the 2026 Olympics Bleacher ReportUS Olympic hockey rosters will be announced Friday. Here's what to watch for. The Boston Globe
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Here's a rundown of what retirees and savers can expect in the coming year.
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Editor's note: This is part six of a seven-part series. It dives more deeply into the second strategy for defusing a retirement tax bomb, implementing asset location. If you missed the introductory article, you may find it helpful to start here.
Most investors have heard of asset allocation, but asset location is another story - and it could help investors with large tax-deferred savings reduce their tax bills in retirement.
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Asset allocation refers to how a portfolio is allocated to various asset classes that have different historical investment returns and standard deviations. The simplest example is a stock-bond allocation, such as a 60% stock, 40% bond allocation, which is a common allocation for retirees. But there are dozens of more granular asset classes that can be managed as well, for example, U.S. large cap stocks or international small cap value stocks. Asset allocation is critical to effectively diversify your portfolio and reduce risk.
Asset location is different portfolio management strategy: one that few clients I meet have heard of. Few financial advisers implement it as well. Asset location seeks to minimize taxes by placing different asset classes in specific tax buckets (taxable, pre-tax, tax-free).
Putting Asset Location into Practice
In a nutshell, here's how asset location works:
Typically, you want to place investments with low expected returns, such as bonds, into tax-deferred accounts.Place investments with high expected returns, such as small value or emerging market st
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