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ROTH IRAs are an attractive retirement vehicle for many reasons.  However, one limitation is the income limits that come into play when considering contributing to a ROTH IRA. This should not deter you from building up a ROTH IRA over the years as there is a very practical way around these income limitations.  First, let’s look at […]

There are an endless number of gauges, indices, and ratios that you can use to track the equities market.  The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) is perhaps the most popular and broadly used tracking tool.  This is because the Index has been around since 1926 and tracks 500 of the largest publicly traded companies.

Why do you invest?  This is the most important question that every market participant should ask themselves… prior to actually putting a dollar to work in the market.  I know at first thought you may say to yourself; That’s a simple answer– To make money!  I would argue that is not the real reason as to

What to do in a down market! A declining market can easily turn an investor’s appetite sour.  Anytime money is involved we can become emotional and focus on the wrong things; usually it’s short-term price swings instead of our long-term goals.  Investing should be an emotionless activity in which we are always looking at the

Welcome to PureVest’s blog.  Yes, we decided to start a blog at a time when most advisors and people in general would be looking to do less.  Markets are off to their worst start to a year in nearly 90 years; but like everything we do, this blog will be a long-term project.  PureVest was