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Coronavirus fears are not a reason to sell in this market

Last week, global markets added the word “coronavirus” to their collective vocabulary. And with that, the calm that had settled over financial markets in recent months was shattered. Emerging markets and Asian equities bore the brunt of the blast, while in the United States, concerns about the v...

January 7, 2020
Investing , Investment Performance , Opinion , Personal Finance , Saving
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The single best move to make money in stocks

Stocks closed out 2019 in stellar fashion. That should be cause for celebration. But there’s one group that has missed out on much of the market’s gains–millennials. Just 49% of millennials in the United States (those ages 23 to 39) held stock at any given time in the last two years. Because a...

January 3, 2020
401k , Business Retirement Plans , Financial planning , IRA , Personal Finance , Retirement , RMDs , Tax , Trusts
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How the SECURE Act could impact your retirement and your taxes

After languishing for several months in bureaucratic limbo, the SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) was signed into law on December 20, 2019; it will go into effect on January 1, 2020. It includes changes to some rules for IRAs and other retirement accounts, increases ...

Are you ready for the great wealth transfer?

Around $60 trillion will be passed down by baby boomers to their beneficiaries between now and 2061, according to projections. Consider these planning strategies for clients who are transferring or receiving wealth. Between 1946 and 1964, about 72.5 million Americans were born. The generation was du...

Are your shoes made with forced labor?

Are your shoes being made with forced labor? That’s what we want to find out by asking apparel and footwear maker Skechers to adopt a human rights policy and figure out exactly where it’s sourcing materials. Across the world, an estimated 25 million people are victims of forced labor. The majori...

December 10, 2019
Investing , Market Commentary , Market Volatility
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Don’t fear stock market all-time highs

As we reach the end of autumn, let’s look back on a momentous event that occurred 70 years ago this fall — the 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression. After that crash, stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average did not return to their earlier 1929 levels until 1954; that�...

December 10, 2019
Charitable Giving , Financial planning , Personal Finance , Retirement , RMDs , Tax
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Four year-end tax strategies to consider

It’s hard to believe we’re fast approaching the end of 2019, but it’s true. Here are four things to consider as you weigh potential tax moves between now and the end of the year. 1. Be smart about your charitable giving If you’re already inclined to donate to charity, then consider donating ...

November 22, 2019
Press Releases
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Informa Investment Solutions Names Five Azzad Portfolios to ‘Top Guns’ Status

Strategies excel across multiple categories and reporting periods in the PSN manager database Falls Church, Va., 11/22/19 – Azzad Asset Management today announced that five of its investment portfolios have been recognized as “Top Guns” for time periods ending September 30, 2019. The firm’s ...

November 19, 2019
Investing , mutual funds
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Why did the price of my mutual fund drop in December?

For 2019: The Azzad Ethical Fund (ADJEX) will distribute capital gains to its shareholders on December 18, 2019. Shareholders may see the fund’s share price drop for a couple of days while the capital gains are processed and distributed. The post below should help explain this standard procedure o...

Azzad clients get more than investments

We’ve been talking at the office recently about how to explain to our clients the full range of what we at Azzad can do for them. I’ve found that sometimes it’s easier to do this with a quick story, so I’d like to share with you a few snapshots of the types of clients we’ve […]...