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Wall Street investors say move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole'
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Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says ReutersFirst group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in Liberia Al JazeeraFirst US deportees arrive in Liberia, and Liberians want answers The Boston GlobeUS deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal The Guardian
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Trump wants to be friends with Kim - but South Korea could pay the price BBCTrump's Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say The New York TimesNorth Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing AP NewsTrump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation The AtlanticSouth Korea military drills / Pivot to Asia? / USS Lincoln : Sources & Methods NPR
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Why.com sat dormant for nearly three decades. Its owners could have sold the domain for a fortune. Instead, they built a philosophical chatbot.
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Tumultuous session puts further pressure on momentum trades that have been unsettled since AI-related stock sell-off
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Even after coming out from bankruptcy, the shopping network must face a high-profile lawsuit from one of its longtime partners.
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Buttressing your resume with a new skill is one of the best ways to make a modest financial investment pay big returns. One study found that, depending on the skill and the worker's previous education and job, some holders of short-term (typically defined as taking 6-18 months) credentials earned 65% more than otherwise equivalent colleagues.
If you just need to learn a new skill, there are plenty of free options, including online classes available through your public library or on platforms such as Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, LinkedIn and Udemy. And many colleges offer free auditing opportunities to groups such as veterans or those over age 60.
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But if you want to prove to employers that you've really mastered a new skill, you'll need a certificate or credential program that requires you to pass proctored tests. Almost all of those come with a cost.
And just like any other investment, these are no slam-dunk. One recent study found that about half of the short-term credential programs accredited to award federal financial aid failed to increase earnings enough for students to recoup their costs within five years. And Credential Engine, a nonprofit that is monitoring the field, says that there are now more than 967,000 different credential programs - a number that can overwhelm prospective students.
The experts suggest winnowing by these three factors:
Field: A recent analysis of thousands of job postings by labor market analytics firm Lightcast
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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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