THE AAII JOURNAL OCTOBER 2022 ISSUE
COVER ARTICLE
Double Your Lifetime Purchasing Power in 20 Minutes
Taking advantage of your workplace retirement plan can make a big difference in your end balance and spending capacity.
Features
in Financial Planning
A Financial Roadmap for Grief, Recovery and Well-Being
Open conversations help you and your loved ones become more financially healthy and prepared for future uncertainties.
in AAII How-To
Covering All the Bases With Your Asset Class Decisions
How to go about identifying holes in your portfolio allocation and finding funds or ETFs that may be good candidates to fill those asset deficits.
in Portfolio Strategies,Asset Allocation,Risk
Why You Should Consider Volatility When Building a Portfolio
One observation from looking at six model portfolios is that focusing on the volatility of your portfolio gives you a more reliable measure of how it is actually behaving.
in ETFs and Mutual Funds,International
Emerging Markets Funds Offer Diversification Plus Growth
A look at what’s on offer in the realm of diversified emerging markets mutual funds and ETFs.
in Stock Strategies,Growth Investing,A+ Stock Grades
Uncovering Consistent & Sustainable Growth With the Revised Growth Grade
Through testing, we found evidence that we could build a better grade to help members identify promising growth stocks and the key components that make them so.
in AAII Stock Ideas,Value Investing
Screening for Undervalued Stocks With AAII's P/E Relative Approach
Price-earnings relatives help to establish benchmark comparisons to identify firms that have deviated from their normal valuation level.
in AAII Model Portfolios
Market Favors Profitability, Plus Changes to Shadow Stock Portfolio
A look at the performance of stock market-cap segments and sectors over the last year shows a strong connection between recent profitability and price strength.
in Investor Professor
Online Exclusive: Saving Early for Offspring With Custodial Accounts
Interested in teaching a child or grandchild about saving and investing? You might consider setting up a custodial account for them while they are minors.
Notes & Opinions
in Editor's Note
Small Things Can Screw Up Big Plans
Errors in handling your estate plan can have an impact on taxes and beyond.
in Dispatches,Tax Strategies,Estate Planning
Gift Checks Must Be Cashed to Be Excluded From an Estate
The U.S. Tax Court ruled that writing a gift check prior to death is not sufficient to exclude the gift amount from an estate.
in Dispatches,Economic and Market Analysis
The Bear Market Has Reduced Valuations for Most Sectors
Stocks go on sale when bear markets occur. The drop in prices gives investors the opportunity to pick up many stocks at reduced valuations.
in Dispatches
Obstacles and Aversion Hinder Applying Online for Social Security
Baby boomers approaching retirement are driving up demand for Social Security Administration (SSA) services at a time when the agency’s ability to provide these services is being constrained by tight budgets and departing staff.
in AAII Community
Discussing Ways to Diversify Across Different Equity Cap Ranges
Find out what other members are saying about their current portfolio allocations; plus, find volunteering opportunities at local chapter communities.
The AAII Journal, a leading investment publication, provides readers with a continuing stream of insights and ideas that focus on how you can improve your investment results. Unlike many investment magazines, ours is completely unbiased, educational and contains no advertising.
AAII has published this prestigious financial journal every month for more than 40 years. Members receive it for free and have access to thousands of evergreen articles online so they can reference information and strategies for previous market situations with a few clicks of the mouse.
Our stock journal helps individual investors manage their portfolios, build sound investment strategies and navigate all types of financial conditions. Articles range from optimizing target-date fund portfolios to retirement account withdrawal strategies and analysis on robo-advisor performance.
The magazine also has recurring features our members find invaluable. Every quarter, we dissect our model stock portfolio and provide updates to its holdings and performance. This analysis helps individual investors manage small-cap value investments.
We also offer an annual tax guide in our financial magazine. This detailed investment magazine issue covers many details that individual investors need to consider when filing their taxes. It keeps readers updated on any recent changes to tax laws and provisions and provides a handy guide to tax implications of personal investments to cut through any tax filing confusion.
Another annual feature covers ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and mutual funds. This edition helps individual investors understand what to look for when investing in funds. Online, we accompany those articles with sortable tables so that members have an interactive component to their investment research. This helps individual investors plan their portfolios and invest with confidence.
Other regular features in the AAII Journal include financial planning, stock ideas and investor professor. Financial planning articles walk investors through the process and difficulties of crafting strategies for creating wealth regardless of age. They also cover difficult situations, such as estate planning, and helpful advice for getting kids and grandchildren interested in investing.
Stock ideas, as the name implies, give readers a peek at new screens and the stocks that pass them. This part of our investing magazine helps readers identify new opportunities in the markets, flagged by a mix of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Because we all, as investors, need ideas, this remains one of the most popular categories.
Investor professor helps readers invest with knowledge and confidence. It deals with contingencies, such as “What happens to your investment if a company goes bankrupt?” and gives actionable advice on what resources you should use when considering a new broker. Our readers enjoy this section because of its practicality and enduring tips.
Frequent internal contributors include president John Bajkowski; AAII Journal editor and vice president Charles Rotblut; Stock Superstars Report lead analyst Wayne A. Thorp; and Dividend Investing editor Derek Hageman. Together, these internal contributors have nearly a century of market wisdom and research, which they share with clear and concise prose to help individual investors improve their knowledge and portfolios.
The AAII Journal also includes frequent guest contributions from the financial and economic space. Articles from outside industry experts differentiate our financial magazine from others and provide additional points of view for our readers. Previous guest authors have included John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard; Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Charles Schwab; and Nobel laureate and Yale professor Robert Shiller.
We hope you’ll enjoy our articles and, if you’re not a member, consider joining the Association so you can get our prestigious magazine sent to your door every month.
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