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Azzad’s 2020 Investment Outlook Webinar

Last month, Azzad Ethical Fund portfolio manager Christian Greiner, CFA®, presented Azzad’s 2020 Investment Outlook webinar. The full recording can be watched here, but here’s a look at three of the most interesting slides in the presentation. 1) Slow and steady economic growth With this slide,...

February 4, 2020
Estate planning , Trusts
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Estate planning is more than just writing a will

The term “estate planning” covers a broad set of topics and can be both confusing and overwhelming to anyone who isn’t familiar with the concept. There is a wide variety of estate planning strategies available. Regardless of wealth, everyone should consider establishing a plan for themselves a...

January 31, 2020
Press Releases
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Azzad announces DiMeo Schneider as new OCIO

Falls Church, Va., 1/31/20 — Azzad Asset Management announced today the selection of DiMeo Schneider, a nationwide investment consulting firm, as the firm’s first outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO). “We are thrilled to partner with Azzad and supplement its existing investment research ...

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 went into effect on January 1, 2020. With an alarming percentage of Americans not saving enough for retirement, the changes ...

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. For those of us in the financial planning industry, that’s an indication there’s a lot of work to be done. For those of you saving and investing, that should be a wake-u...

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 ...