 Headlines
- Pakistan Army Chief Starts Retirement Tour
- Young Immigrants Fear Deportation Under Trump
- Pope Francis Warns Against Polarization
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Double Your Impact with These Charitable Giving Strategies
Americans are a generous people. Many support charitable organizations that enhance their communities and enrich their personal lives. In addition  to giving wisely to nonprofit groups, it's important to anticipate financial obligations to family members while you're still of sound mind.
A charitable lead trust (CLT) may be the ideal tool to help some philanthropically minded people distribute assets in a fair and cost-effective manner. A CLT offers a two-pronged approach to wealth management: one that serves the financial needs of family members and a second that serves the funding needs of charitable endeavors that you value, whether they involve education, art, religion, medicine, or another worthy cause.
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The Markets
This time it's the end. Really. Possibly.
It seems like experts have been forecasting the end of the bull market in bonds for years - and they have been doing so. In July 2010, bond guru Bill  Gross predicted the 28-year bull market in bonds was near an end and, as interest rates moved higher, bond values would move lower. The Federal Reserve's first round of quantitative easing had ended in March 2010, and he couldn't know a second round, which would keep interest rates low, would begin in November 2010. Since the U.S. election, investors have begun to favor stocks over bonds. Barron's explained:
"BofA ML [Bank of America Merrill Lynch] said the weekly influx was the biggest into equities since December 2014...
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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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