 Headlines
- Iran's Supreme Leader Welcomes Sanctions Relief
- Seven Iranian Prisoners Released by the U.S.
- Trial of Four West London Terror Suspects Opens
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Clearing Financial Hurdles on the Road to Retirement
When friends and loved ones finally raise their glasses to bid you a long and healthy retirement, you do not want to be worrying about how your  bills will get paid. That is why it is so important to participate in your company's retirement plan now.
On the road to retirement, however, other financial challenges are likely to crop up -- such as medical or financial emergencies or care of a loved one -- which might tempt you to lower your plan contributions or stop them entirely to free up necessary cash. But doing so could be a costly mistake.
More on 'Clearing Financial Retirement Hurdles' here.
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 The Markets
We all have our pet peeves, and if there is one thing markets do NOT like, it is uncertainty.
Unfortunately, we entered 2016 with a lot of unanswered questions:
- How much has China's growth slowed? How will the country's
 slower growth affect companies and investments around the globe? - How will the Federal Reserve's changing monetary policy affect the U.S. economy? How many times will it raise rates during 2016? Will the Fed change course?
- Will oil prices continue to move lower? Will they move higher? How could changing oil prices affect economic growth?
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By the Numbers
Notes: S&P 500, Gold, DJ-UBS Commodity Index returns exclude reinvested dividends (gold does not pay a dividend) and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized ... more important disclosure mentions found here. (We urge you to read the entire disclosure statement.)
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