Get stock, fund, and ETF picks, plus weekly market insights, investing tips, and exclusive fund manager interviews from Morningstar’s director of equity research, director of personal finance, and stock and fund analyst team.
Tom Lauricella, Morningstar Inc global markets editor, explains why the market reacted poorly to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate outlook. The Smart Investor newsletter editor also discusses some of 2024’s biggest headlines such as inflation, the broader stock market rally, and new leadership in Washington.
Why the Fed Scaled Back from Four Interest-Rate Cuts to Two for 20255
Did the Market Bounce Back After the Drop Following the Fed Rate Decision?
Why the Fed Isn’t Saying They Are Seeing a Stronger Economy in 2025
Will Trump’s Tariffs Cause Inflation to Rise?
Will the Market’s Momentum Continue into 2025?
High Yields in the Bond Market Are Benefitting Investors
Will the Trump Administration Boost Bitcoin’s Growth?
How Investor’s Should Approach Trump’s Second Term
5 Stories Investors Should Watch for in 2025
Read about topics from this episode.
Subscribe to Morningstar’s SmartInvestor newsletter.
Stocks Tumble on New Fed Rate Forecast—Here’s Why
Fed Sets Stage For Fewer (or Possibly No) Rate Cuts in 2025
Forecasts for November PCE Preview Show More Moderation in Inflation
What to Expect From Bitcoin in 2025
What Higher Bond Yields Mean for Markets in 2025
What to watch from Morningstar.
How to Diversify Your Portfolio to Handle a Market Correction
What Higher Bond Yields Mean for Markets in 2025
Yes, You Can Still Find Tax-Loss Harvesting Opportunities in 2024
A Simpler Medicare Part D Is Coming. Here's How It Could Save You Money
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Russel Kinnel, director of ratings for Morningstar Research Services, discusses large growth’s impressive run in 2024 and why it might be time to rebalance if you haven’t in a while.
What is Driving Growth’s Impressive Run?
Why Is it Important to Rebalance Now
What Triggered Growth’s Largest Selloffs Since 2000
What Was Unusual About the Growth Correction in 2022
Top-Rated Bond Funds that Could Help with Saving for an Emergency Fund
Bond Funds that are Defensive if Growth Gets Crushed
Small-Value Funds Out of Sync With Large Growth
Mid-Growth Funds that are Good Diversifiers
Read about topics from this episode.
Subscribe to the Morningstar FundInvestor newsletter.
6 Top-Performing Large-Growth Funds
Is It Time to Diversify Beyond US Large-Cap Growth Stocks?
How to Rebalance Your Portfolio Before 2025
The Best Funds for Rebalancing in 2025
What to watch from Morningstar.
What Higher Bond Yields Mean for Markets in 2025
Yes, You Can Still Find Tax-Loss Harvesting Opportunities in 2024
A Simpler Medicare Part D Is Coming. Here's How It Could Save You Money
A Better Way to Use Leverage in Your ETF Portfolio
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Dominic Pappalardo, chief multi-asset strategist at Morningstar Investment Management, discusses why long-term yields spiked in the wake of the election, what's next for fixed-income in 2025, and how investors can take advantage of higher yields in their portfolios.
Why Did Bond Yields Rise in the Wake of the Election?
How Investors Are Thinking About Rising Bond Yields
What the Current Run-Up in Bond Yields Tells Us About the Markets
How Do Today’s Yields Compare to History?
Will the Flat Yield Curve Start to Steepen?
How Bond Yields Affect the Stock Market
How Long Can the Market Withstand a Higher Interest Rate Environment?
How Bond Yields Affect Mortgages
How Today’s Bond Yields Can Benefit Investors When Looking at Portfolio Construction
Economic Outlook 2025 Key Takeaways
Read about topics from this episode.
Postelection Deficit Concerns Fuel Jump in Bond Yields
Trump’s Tariffs: A Wild Card for the Markets in 2025
Fed Sticks to Rate Cut Plans, for Now
‘Diversification Is Back’—Why 60/40 Portfolios Are Working
What to watch from Morningstar.
Yes, You Can Still Find Tax-Loss Harvesting Opportunities in 2024
A Simpler Medicare Part D Is Coming. Here's How It Could Save You Money
A Better Way to Use Leverage in Your ETF Portfolio
Apple Earnings Are on Deck. Will Apple Intelligence Help Drive iPhone Sales?
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, discusses the ins and outs of tax-loss selling and where investors can look for potential opportunities to harvest losses in their portfolios.
What is Tax-Loss Selling?
Are There Limits to How Much You Can Offset Capital?
How to Evaluate Your Cost Basis to Find Loss Opportunities
What is the 30 Day Rule for Tax-Loss Selling?
Why Investors Should Think About Tax-Loss Selling When Markets Are Up
How to Make Tax-Loss Selling a Part of Your Portfolio Maintenance Strategy
Why Tax-Loss Selling is a Bear Market Strategy
Read about topics from this episode.
How You Could Benefit from Tax-Loss Selling This Year
Are Active ETFs Truly More Tax-Efficient?
Ready for a Big Capital Gains Tax Bill?
What You Need to Know About Capital Gains Distributions
Which Investments to Keep Out of Your Taxable Account
What to watch from Morningstar.
A Simpler Medicare Part D Is Coming. Here's How It Could Save You Money
A Better Way to Use Leverage in Your ETF Portfolio
Apple Earnings Are on Deck. Will Apple Intelligence Help Drive iPhone Sales?
Is Your Portfolio Built to Withstand a Market Rotation?
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
David Harrell, editor of Morningstar’s DividendInvestor newsletter, makes the case for dividend investing. However, he also points out the pitfalls, like dividend fallacy, that income-focused investors should watch out for.
Why Investors Are Divided About Dividend Investing
The Pitfall of Dividend Fallacy
Warning Signal for Dividend Traps
Should Investors Focus on Total Return Rather Than Dividends Alone?
How a Dividend-Focused Investment Strategy Can Help with Safe Withdrawal Rates
Why Investors May Not Want to Create Their Own Dividend
Why Long-Term Performance Matters When Looking at Dividend Stocks Versus the Broder Market
Are Share Repurchases Better Than Dividends at Returning Capital to Stock Owners? (This part of the episode includes a clarification: Taxes on qualified dividends can be avoided if your AGI is below certain levels.)
Drawbacks of a Dividend-Focused Investment Strategy
Has Dividend Investing Created Bad Investor Behavior?
Read about topics from this episode.
Subscribe to the Morningstar DividendInvestor newsletter.
3 Dividend Stocks for November 2024
Are Better Days Ahead for Dividend Investors?
Is a Dividend Stock Comeback Around the Corner?
New Dividend Stocks: Can Meta and Salesforce Help Revive the Classic Strategy?
There Is Nothing Special About Dividends
What to watch from Morningstar.
A Simpler Medicare Part D Is Coming. Here's How It Could Save You Money
A Better Way to Use Leverage in Your ETF Portfolio
Apple Earnings Are on Deck. Will Apple Intelligence Help Drive iPhone Sales?
Is Your Portfolio Built to Withstand a Market Rotation?
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Mark Miller, Morningstar contributor, talks about the new $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for Medicare Part D coming in 2025. Plus, learn what you should know before switching between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare during open enrollment.
Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
Why Seniors Shouldn’t Just Roll Over Their Plans in 2025
2025 Medicare Part D Changes
Medicare’s New Prescription Payment Plan
What Should Seniors Do If Their Medicare Advantage Plan is Being Eliminated?
What You Need to Know About Switching Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Where You Can Go to Get Help Choosing a New Medicare Plan
Read about topics from this episode.
Medicare Open Enrollment: What to Know as You Enroll for 2025
I’m 65 and Still Working. Should I Enroll in Medicare?
Are Consumers Better Off With Medicare Plus a Medigap Plan?
What to watch from Morningstar.
A Better Way to Use Leverage in Your ETF Portfolio
Apple Earnings Are on Deck. Will Apple Intelligence Help Drive iPhone Sales?
Is Your Portfolio Built to Withstand a Market Rotation?
Inherited IRA Rules: What You Need to Know Before 2025
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Bryan Armour, director of passive strategies research for North America for Morningstar Research Services, talks about the best way for most retail investors to leverage and which leveraged ETFs look promising. Travis Miller, strategist for Morningstar Research Services, discusses how tech companies are looking to nuclear energy to fuel data centers’ surging demand.
Why Leverage Has a Debatable Reputation in Investing
Volatility Drag and Leveraged ETFs
Why Does Leverage Kill ETFs?
What Are ETPs?
A Better Way for Investors to Use Leverage in Their Portfolio
How Can Investors Add Leverage to Their Portfolio Without Volatility Drag?
Costs of Leveraged ETFs
How Most Investors Should Gain Exposure to Leverage
Do Leveraged ETFs Show Promise?
What’s Coming Up in the Markets?
How Much Energy Does a Data Center Need to Run?
Why Small Modular Reactors Could Be Key to Powering Data Centers
Are Carbon-Free Pledges Driving Companies Toward Nuclear Energy?
Which Utilities Companies Are Next to Sign Data Center Deals?
Is This Shift Toward Nuclear Energy Larger Than Just AI?
What to Look for in Utilities Companies’ Earnings
Utilities Stock Picks
Read about topics from this episode.
Subscribe to Morningstar's ETFInvestor Newsletter.
The AI Revolution Is Ready to Power Up. It Just Needs Electricity
Utilities: Falling Interest Rates, Growth Outlook Boosting Stocks
What to watch from Morningstar.
Apple Earnings Are on Deck. Will Apple Intelligence Help Drive iPhone Sales?
Is Your Portfolio Built to Withstand a Market Rotation?
Inherited IRA Rules: What You Need to Know Before 2025
How to Find the Best Health Savings Account
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, interviews financial experts about different aspects of retirement in ‘How to Retire,’ the companion podcast to her book of the same name. In this episode, Christine talks with author and researcher Howard Gleckman about long-term care.
How Long-Term Care Differs from Conventional Healthcare
Why Americans Need More Long-Term Care Than Ever Before
Long-Term Care Isn’t Just in Nursing Homes
Does Medicare Cover Long-Term Care Costs?
Who Should Consider Long-Term Care Insurance?
The Financial Implications of Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Howard Gleckman’s Experience with Long-Term Care
Key Takeaways
Hi, I'm Christine Benz from Morningstar and welcome to the How to Retire podcast. It's a companion to my book, which is also called How to Retire. Each episode will provide a bite-sized lesson about how to do some aspect of retirement well.
If you read my work regularly, you know that I'm a little bit obsessed with the topic of long-term care, not just how to pay for it, but also all of the other dimensions of it, like the impact on families. To help discuss that topic, I reached out to Howard Gleckman. He is the author of a book called Caring for Our Parents, and he is also a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, where he is affiliated with the Tax Policy Center and the Program on Retirement Policy. He also writes a great blog for Forbes. I asked him to discuss the basics of long-term care, as well as the financial ramifications and implications for caregivers.
More from Howard Gleckman
Caring For Our Parents, by Howard Gleckman
Howard Gleckman on The Long View: ‘We Pretend This Isn’t a Problem’
Read more from Christine Benz.
How to Retire: Tips for Entering Retirement
The Hidden Crisis in Long-Term Care
How Likely Are You to Need Long-Term Care?
6 Steps for Smart Long-Term-Care Planning
Worried About Long-Term Care Expenses? Let’s Do Something About It.
Watch more from How to Retire.
How to Retire: Prioritize Tax Planning in Retirement
How to Retire: Transition from Saving to Spending
How to Retire: Consider a Retirement Bucket Portfolio Strategy
How to Retire: Know What ‘Enough’ Means in Retirement
How to Retire: Understand the Role of Working Longer
How to Retire: Stay Flexible with Your Retirement Spending
Read what our team is writing:
Follow Christine Benz on social media.
X: https://x.com/christine_benz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-benz-b83b523
Katie Binns, director of product management for Morningstar Indexes, discusses bank loans’ benefits even as interest rates are expected to fall. William Kerwin, equity analyst for Morningstar Research Services who covers Apple, reveals the two main things he wants to hear about on the earnings call.
What Are Bank Loans?
Bank Loans vs. Junk Bonds
The Role of Bank Loans in Your Portfolio
Why the Market for Bank Loans Has Grown
Companies With Bank Loans Today
Why Bank Loans Are Less Volatile Than Junk Bonds
How Interest-Rate Cuts Could Affect Floating-Rate Investments
Could Riskier Credit Investments Default with an Economic Slowdown?
What’s Coming Up in the Markets?
Is Apple Intelligence Worth Upgrading Your iPhone?
How Important Are iPhone 16s Holiday Sales to Apple?
Why Apple Discontinued Developing Self-Driving Vehicles and Electric Cars
Could Nvidia Taking the Title as the World’s Most Valuable Company Affect Apple?
What to Look for in Apple Earnings
Apple Stock Outlook
Read about topics from this episode.
A Way to Protect Your Portfolio Against Bond Price Drops
Can Bank Loan Funds Rise to the Top Again?
Apple iPhone 16 Event Inspires Confidence
Keep up with Morningstar’s coverage of company earnings.
What to watch from Morningstar.
Is Your Portfolio Built to Withstand a Market Rotation?
Inherited IRA Rules: What You Need to Know Before 2025
How to Find the Best Health Savings Account
How GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Are Boosting Biopharma Stocks
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, interviews financial experts about different aspects of retirement in ‘How to Retire,’ the companion podcast to her book of the same name. In this episode, Christine talks with financial planning expert Jeff Levine about the importance of tax planning in retirement.
Why Tax Planning is Key When Withdrawing from Your Retirement Portfolio
Will Your Taxes Decrease in Retirement?
Key Tax Strategies for Retirees Before They Have to Take RMDs
Do Rules of Thumb for Retirement Spending Make Sense?
How to Lower Your RMD Tax Bills
How Qualified Charitable Distributions Can Help Lower Your Tax Bill
Key Takeaways
Hi, I'm Christine Benz from Morningstar and welcome to the How to Retire podcast. It's a companion to my book, which is also called How to Retire. Each episode will provide a bite-sized lesson about how to do some aspect of your retirement well.
Today's episode will focus on the tricky topic of tax planning during retirement. To tackle this topic, I reached out to Jeff Levine, who is Lead Financial Planning Nerd at Kitces.com, and also serves as Chief Planning Officer at Buckingham Wealth Partners. Jeff is exceptionally good at explaining complex tax matters, so I knew that he would do a great job of delving into this topic.
More from Jeff Levine
Jeff Levine on The Long View: Smart Tax Moves for 2023 and Beyond
Read more from Christine Benz.
How to Retire: Tips for Entering Retirement
Can You Control Required Minimum Distributions?
8 Little-Known Facts About RMDs
An Investing Road Map for Retirees
Read about topics from this episode.
How Retirees Can Avoid the ‘Tax Torpedo’
Watch more from How to Retire.
How to Retire: Transition from Saving to Spending
How to Retire: Consider a Retirement Bucket Portfolio Strategy
How to Retire: Know What ‘Enough’ Means in Retirement
How to Retire: Understand the Role of Working Longer
How to Retire: Stay Flexible with Your Retirement Spending
Read what our team is writing:
Follow Christine Benz on social media.
X: https://x.com/christine_benz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-benz-b83b523
Dan Lefkovitz, Morningstar Indexes strategist, discusses why it’s important to be ready for a range of outcomes during a market rotation. Nic Owens, equity analyst for Morningstar Research Services, talks about his outlook for Boeing stock ahead of earnings.
Trends from the Q3 Market Rotation Extending into Q4
Key Moments Sparked Market Volatility
Will Value Stocks Make a Comeback?
Value and Small-Cap Stock Outlook
What’s Fueling Dividend Stocks Outperformance Against the Broader Market?
Bond Performance in Q3 and Early Q4
What Investors Need to Watch Out for in Q4
Will the Market Rotation Persist?
What’s Coming Up in the Markets?
Why Boeing’s New CEO Announced Massive Layoffs
How Boeing is Trying to Prevent a Credit Downgrade
What Boeing is Delaying and Eliminating to Move Forward
Where the Machinists’ Strike Stands at Boeing
What to Look for in Boeing’s Q3 Earnings
How Investors Should Approach Boeing Stock
Read about topics from this episode.
3 Lessons From Recent Stock Market Drama
Q3 in Review and Q4 2024 Market Outlook
What the Election Could Mean for Big Tech Stocks
How to Use Large-Cap Stocks in a Portfolio
Boeing: Machinists Union Strike Unavoidable and Unfortunate
What to watch from Morningstar.
Inherited IRA Rules: What You Need to Know Before 2025
How to Find the Best Health Savings Account
How GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Are Boosting Biopharma Stocks
Is the Fed’s Plan to Avoid a Recession Working?
Read what our team is writing:
Follow us on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/
X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/
Your feedback is valuable to us. Should you encounter any bugs, glitches, lack of functionality or other problems, please email us on [email protected] or join Moon.FM Telegram Group where you can talk directly to the dev team who are happy to answer any queries.