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Excessive investment costs are a huge problem for individual investors

Summary: Concerning asset management fees charged by mutual funds and ETFs, the average investor pays about .3% more than necessary on money market funds, about .75% more than necessary on bond funds, and about 1% more than necessary on stock funds. Additionally, individual investors pay sales charges, hidden transaction costs, marketing fees, and account holding fees [...]

Getting a Handle on the Outsourcing Discussion

We use “outsourcing” to mean so many things that there is no way it can really be true or practical for all of them. This one term is used in reference to such widely disparate activities as accessing lower-cost labor in Asia and having a Fortune 100 company run your data centers for you. Is [...]

Changes Coming to Wire Transfers

As fans of TV shows like 24 know, transferring money via wire is secure and instantaneous. That means you can grab it and go – which is critical when the bad guys (or gals) are on your tail. Nonetheless, the system has some shortcomings that have frustrated companies that send or receive money via wire [...]

Up in the Air

Did you see the movie Up in the Air, starring George Clooney? Those of you who have not seen it probably have heard something about it. It involves a professional with a job who flies in airline jets so much that hotels and airports become his life.
There are parts of this movie I relate to. [...]

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