BW Blog: Investing, Retirement & Beyond
We recently updated our website and decided to wipe the slate clean and take our Blue Water Blog in another direction (it used to just focus on crooks and scandals in our industry). We may still post about some of the bigger scandals, but now you'll find a lot more stories about investment strategies, investment ideas, reviews of specific funds, new research, retirement planning, retirement news, and other stories we find interesting.
You've probably heard of emerging markets before, but have you heard of frontier markets? Frontier markets are less developed than...
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Friday, December 06, 2019
Future mobility generally refers to the cutting-edge industry of electric and self-driving cars and other transportation. Companies in this industry...
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Friday, November 29, 2019
We consider convertible bonds to be a "hybrid" investment. They share characteristics of both stocks and traditional bonds. The unique...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
What do McDonald's, Walmart, Boeing and Honeywell share in common? They are all excluded by ESG funds. ESG stands for...
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Friday, November 22, 2019
Marijuana is still illegal in the U.S. at the federal level, but over half the states in the U.S. have...
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Friday, November 15, 2019
While it is not surprising that there are ETFs that cover debt from emerging markets, it's somewhat refreshing that they...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Due to increased spending on prescription drugs, Medicare Part B and its deductible will increase by almost 7% in 2020....
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Monday, November 11, 2019
The IRS recently released their limits on savings for 2020. Participants in 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans and the federal...
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Friday, November 08, 2019
Wikipedia defines blockchain technology as "a decentralized, distributed, and oftentimes public, digital ledger that is used to record transactions across many computers...
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