ITOT News and Press, iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market From 09/02/20

Sign up for Let's Talk ETFs on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Play Stitcher By Jonathan Liss My guest today really needs no introduction to followers of the science of investing. Larry Swedroe has authored 8 books on investing a...

Co-produced with Trapping Value Almost as soon as people start their first job, they start thinking about retirement. The 9-5 grind starts the desire for a time when the routine no longer has to be followed. On the investing side, savings start flowing toward that goal. The intelligent...

Introduction The first half of 2020 had something for every kind of investor. Calm, then panic selling, closing with a historic rally. The first quarter ended with the world’s economy in the tight grip of the COVID-19 virus. The market started its bottoming at the end of March, leadin...

Never bet against America. – Warren Buffett, May 04, 2020 To get the entire U.S. market in a single fund, the iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF ( ITOT ) is an excellent choice for investors. The expense ratio is 0.03% beating most ETFs in the market. The fund holds la...

Co-produced with Trapping Value If you are retired or planning for retirement, you might be worried about all the Quantitative Easing and the helicopter money that's going on, and how it may be funded in the future with the growing U.S. deficit. You are right to be worried, because a...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we strive to make retirement possible for many. Once that's been achieved, should you throw in the towel? No, if you have time to continue to make your retirement more comfortable and stable, you'd be foolish not to. ...

Co-produced with Trapping Value We are currently in a very low inflation environment that is likely to remain with us for the next 24 months. However, following COVID-19, a perfect storm is brewing that would very likely result in higher inflation as soon as the year 2022. This inflati...

The financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 was an educational experience we should all learn from. The crash (economic and financial) was unprecedented and the recovery was U-shaped at best. There were few 'good news' stories for months, if not years. Yet, March 9, 2009 was the bottom for the S&a...

As of Saturday morning, the United States, which makes up just over 4% of the world population, had 32% of the world's 4.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. Global case numbers are tricky given scattershot testing and the q...

Is your portfolio built for the new investing era? Nobody knows what the next decade may bring. However, it is fair to say that after a 40 year period of falling rates, buy-the-dip, disinflation, globalization, etc. that we could be at the start of a new era. Fundamental economic shifts c...