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Videos

There are very few certainties with investing. But there is, thankfully, one controlling principle that is incontrovertible. Financial Journalist Norma Cohen calls it the Iron Law of Compound Interest.

Articles

Learn how high-risk traders exhibit gambling behaviors, prefer skill-based games, and face mental health challenges tied to speculative trading.


Three Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Strategies to Deploy with IRA Savings

Monday, June 30, 2025Mark Hebner

Key options exist for handling required minimum distributions (RMD), including tax rules impacting qualified charitable contributions.

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IFA MarketCoin and the Direction of Market Returns

Friday, June 27, 2025Mark T. Hebner

I wanted confirmation that a flip of the new IFA MarketCoinwould illustrate the randomness and unpredictability of future direction of returns of an index, such as the S&P 500 Index.

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Dividends and the Lag in Fund Values

Friday, June 27, 2025Murray Coleman

Here's a review of our process to maximize tax efficiencies in client portfolios at quarter's end.

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Sorting Through Your Medicare Options

Thursday, June 19, 2025Murray Coleman

Here's a cheat sheet to help wade through your healthcare choices.

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'Bad' Brokers: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citi, BofA, UBS Charged by SEC

Thursday, June 19, 2025Murray Coleman

List of misdeeds also places Wells Fargo and Raymond James under increased legal scrutiny.

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Three Things to Look for in an Advisor

Wednesday, June 25, 2025IFA.com

In Part Three of our series, The Value of Fiduciary Advice we discuss the three things you should look for in an advisor.

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Reframing Investment Risk

Tuesday, June 17, 2025IFA.com

There's no getting around it, all investing involves risk, and equity investing in particular. But is investment risk something to be frightened of?

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The Three Variables of the Market

Wednesday, June 11, 2025IFA.com

What if we told you that understanding how markets work could be distilled down to three simple variables? Uncertainty, Return and Price.

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Rational Reminder Podcast: Gerard O'Reilly: The Components of Net Returns

Friday, June 6, 2025Rational Reminder

What if “just buying the market” isn’t the end of the story? In this episode, we are joined by Gerard O’Reilly, Co-CEO and Co-CIO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, for a deep dive into what really drives net investment returns. Gerard returns to the Rational Reminder podcast to explain the key principles that differentiate Dimensional’s approach from traditional indexing—and why implementation, flexibility, and detail matter so much more than investors might think.

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Determining a Safe Withdrawal Rate

Monday, June 2, 2025IFA.com

One of the most important and pressing questions for any retiree, or someone approaching retirement is what is a safe withdrawal rate?

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