http://profitableinvestingtips.com/bond-investing/what-are-secure-retirement-investments What Are Secure Retirement Investments? When retirement approaches you do not want to have your investments in vehicles that crash like the stock and real estate markets did in 2008. But what are secure retirement investments in today’s world and what sort of returns can you expect. Phy.org discusses the current lack of secure investments and how it is hindering global growth. Unless you’ve been following the subject closely, you may not have heard of one of the biggest barriers slowing the revival of global economic growth over the last decade. That would be the “safety trap,” a problem arising from a lack of low-risk investments around the world. To see the problem, recall that after the financial-sector crisis in 2007 and 2008, a large portion of investments people had considered safe-mortgage-backed securities come to mind-were suddenly understood to be risky. And yet, the ensuing flight to safe assets, such as U.S. debt, has come with its own cost. The increased demand for these safer investments keeps interest rates at low levels, to the point where central bankers cannot spur additional economic output by further lowering those rates. This is the “trap” part of the safety trap. It turns out that the number of safe assets for investors has fallen by about a half in the last ten years. U.S. debt (treasury bills) were and still the safest of the safe but interest rates fall farther and farther as demand for U.S. and other government debt increases. It is certainly wise to put some of your retirement assets in U.S. treasuries in order to preserve capital but what about something that generates a little income along the way. After all people are living longer and longer so you don’t want to run out of money when you still have twenty or thirty years of life ahead of you!

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2. When retirement approaches you
do not want to have your
investments in vehicles that crash
like the stock and real estate
markets did in 2008.

3. But what are secure retirement
investments in today’s world and
what sort of returns can you
expect.

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5. Phy.org discusses the current lack
of secure investments and how it
is hindering global growth.

6. Unless you’ve been following the
subject closely, you may not have
heard of one of the biggest
barriers slowing the revival of
global economic growth over the
last decade.

7. That would be the “safety trap,” a
problem arising from a lack of
low-risk investments around the
world.

8. To see the problem, recall that
after the financial-sector crisis in
2007 and 2008, a large portion of
investments people had
considered safe-mortgage-
backed securities come to mind-
were suddenly understood to be
risky.

9. And yet, the ensuing flight to safe
assets, such as U.S. debt, has
come with its own cost.

10. The increased demand for these
safer investments keeps interest
rates at low levels, to the point
where central bankers cannot spur
additional economic output by
further lowering those rates.

11. This is the “trap” part of the safety
trap.

12. It turns out that the number of
safe assets for investors has fallen
by about a half in the last ten
years.

13. U.S. debt (treasury bills) were and
still the safest of the safe but
interest rates fall farther and
farther as demand for U.S. and
other government debt increases.

14. It is certainly wise to put some of
your retirement assets in U.S.
treasuries in order to preserve
capital but what about something
that generates a little income
along the way.

15. After all people are living longer
and longer so you don’t want to
run out of money when you still
have twenty or thirty years of life
ahead of you!

16. How Safe a Bet is Coca Cola
or Proctor & Gamble or
Colgate Palmolive?

17. You can make more money with
dividends from a strong dividend
stock than from U.S treasuries
these days.

18. But how do you know that a
company is a safe bet?

19. Warren Buffet has been quoted as
saying that he does not know
what a tech stock will be worth in
ten years but that he can easily
guess what a Snickers bar will sell
for.

20. Add toothpaste, paint, glass, soft
drinks and makers of batteries or
heating and cooling controls to
the “snickers” list.

21. There are companies that
have paid dividends for more than
100 years and will probably be
paying dividends for a hundred
more.

22. Take a look atDividend.com for
their comments about 15 such
stocks and their predictions as to
which will or will not still be
paying dividends a century from
now.

23. As a dividend investor, you might
have trained yourself to look for
fantastic yields when placing your
money.

24. While 10% yields are attractive,
they’re worthless if the company
can’t sustain the payments.

25. These 15 companies have paid out
dividends for at least 100 years-
and are hoping to continue for a
hundred more.

26. Will any of these companies still
be paying a dividend when we ring
in the 22nd century?

27. The stocks that have paid
dividends for more than 100 years
and who the authors believe will
still be doing so in the 22th
century are these.

28. • General Mills, GIS
• Johnson Controls
Inc., JCI
• Church & Dwight
Co., Inc., CHD
• Stanley Black &
Decker, Inc., SWK
• Eli Lilly and Co, LLY
• UGI Corp, UGI
• Proctor & Gamble
Co., PG
• The Coca Cola Co,
KO
• Colgate Palmolive
Company, CL
• PPG Industries,
Inc., PPG

29. The ones that have paid for more
than 100 years and might not
make the next century are these.

30. • E I Du Pont De
Nemours and
Co, DD
• Edison
International,
EIX
• Exxon Mobile
Corporation,
XOM
• Consolidated
Edison, Inc., ED
• Chubb Corp, CB