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If I Retire, Can I Keep the Health Plan My Employer Offered?
Some employers will offer legacy employees continued health care coverage even after retirement, but it is not very common these days. The costs of health care are rising too quickly for most corporations to keep up.
Some corporations will continue to pay a percentage of premiums for their retirees, but more often than not it is up to the retiree to obtain their own health care. Following employment, most people are eligible for COBRA, and then later in life you can purchase plans through Medicare and Medicaid.
What if I Need the Money in My 401(k) Before I Retire?
What Happens If I Withdraw Money From My Pension Plan After I Retire?
What if I Want to Retire Abroad?
How often do I check the performance of my portfolio?
Generally speaking, if your portfolio is run by professional investment managers, you should check the performance...
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an index comprised of 30 'significant' U.S. stocks, typically the biggest
What is the NASDAQ?
The NASDAQ is an electronic marketplace for trading stocks, and is also used to track major Technology stocks
What is a Merger?
A merger is the voluntary melding of two companies into one, when the owners believe the change is mutually beneficial
What is Operating Leverage?
Operating leverage is a measure of how critical each sale of a company is to overall cash flow
What is the Interbank Rate?
The interbank rate is the average lending rate used between banks of similar size when they borrow money from each other
What is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission?
The FERC oversees the interstate commerce surrounding oil, energy, and natural gas
What is Shareholders Equity?
When all company liabilities are subtracted from company assets, the remainder is called shareholders equity
What is the Symmetrical Triangle Top (Bullish) Pattern?
The Symmetrical Triangle Top pattern forms when a stock price fails to retest a high or low and forms two trend lines
How to use the Arms Index (TRIN) in trading
The Arms Index is also called the Trin (short for “Trading Index”) because it seeks to indicate overbought or oversold conditions by serving as an index of trading activity