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September 5, 2019
Impact investing , Shareholder advocacy , Special Comment
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Business is changing; responsible investors are part of the reason

Last month the Business Roundtable, which represents some of the largest companies in the United States, released a new statement of corporate purpose. The old one, which came out in 1997 and put shareholders above all other corporate stakeholders, was the product of a new outmoded way of thinking a...

Azzad’s updated proxy voting guidelines

Azzad engages in shareholder advocacy on behalf of our clients including proxy voting and filing resolutions and sending investor letters. Corporations have a role to play in some of the most significant challenges in the United States – from income inequality to climate change. In pursuing a fidu...

Steps to take in a jittery market

It’s difficult (if not impossible) to say what stocks will do in the near term. And well-meaning investors who are trying to do the right thing by not being too hands-on with their portfolios (see this market timing article) can end up, inadvertently, with an investment mix that’s too risky, sim...

Lessons from yield curve history

Stocks were under pressure for much of August as U.S.-China trade tensions escalated, with Washington and Beijing announcing escalating rounds of tariff increases. Worries over the economic outlook rose, highlighted by a Treasury rally that sank yields and resulted in an inversion of the main measur...

Market timing can cost you money

Over the past year and for periods of five, 10, 20 and 30 years, the average mutual fund investor has underperformed the markets for both stocks and bonds, according to research firm Dalbar. The Dalbar data leads to the inescapable conclusion that most investors are really terrible at investing. The...

Financial planning in a nutshell

You may have noticed in last month’s newsletter that Azzad was named in Financial Advisor magazine’s 2019 RIA Ranking. It’s a premier industry ranking of investment advisors based on assets under management. Azzad moved up the list from last year, which is great news. More important than that,...

Staring down the yield curve

For the time being, uncertainty will probably hang around like a dark cloud over markets. But that doesn’t mean you should head for the hills. The global economy has started to stagger. Earlier this week, the U.S. stock market tumbled after a historically reliable predictor of recessions flashed a...

Getting ready for the next recession

It’s only natural to talk about what might be ahead for markets and the economy. We’re currently living through one of the longest economic expansions on record (120 months and counting). This means looking ahead to the next recession. A recession, sometimes called a “contraction,” refers to...

July 29, 2019
401k , IRA , Retirement
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High income? You may still be unprepared for retirement.

Even if you are nearing retirement and have a large 401(k) or IRA balance, you may not have as much money as you think. Lots of people don’t realize that they owe taxes on their accumulations. You have benefited throughout your investing years by not having to pay taxes on contributions into tradi...

Financial Advisor Magazine names Azzad in 2019 RIA Survey and Ranking

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (July 18, 2019) – Azzad Asset Management has been named in Financial Advisor magazine’s 2019 RIA Ranking. The report is an annual survey that ranks registered investment advisors (RIAs) based on percentage growth in assets from the previous calendar year and is the premier...