4 MONEY.COM MARCH^2019
Stock Up
on Bonds
In your latest investing issue, I noticed
that there was not much coverage on
the role of bonds in a portfolio. I have
personally done my fair share of re-
search to understand the importance of
bonds and how they help diversify your
holdings. In fact, I even decided for the
first year to hold international bonds
after reading “The MONEY 50” last
year, and they went up while my U.S.
bonds ended negative. Though the stock
market may be newsier, I believe bonds
deserve equal mention when recom-
mending investments.
LANSEN PAN,via email
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I appreciated your article “EMTs Say, ‘The Pay Is Not Enough’ ” [January/
February] highlighting the disparity in EMT pay compared with that of firefighters
and police officers. You focused on big cities, but here in Wisconsin roughly 80%
of EMTs are volunteer. I am one of them; I get no reimbursement for what I do. To
increase EMT funding, I believe the public needs a better understanding of (and
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Clarifications
“Don’t Miss This Key Tax Dead-
line”[January/February]in-
correctly stated that rules on
required minimum distribu-
tions don’t apply to Roth 401(k)
accounts; in fact they do. Also,
the RMD is a percentage of
your total assets in retirement
accounts, not your total assets
overall, as the story suggested.KEEPING TRACK OF
DANGEROUS SETTINGS
I read MONEY because of the
solid advice you give on fi-
nancial matters. But in “This
Middle-Class Mom Will Be
Paying Four College Tuitions
Next Year” [December],
I was disappointed by your
decision to use a photo that
shows the family standing
between the rails of a rail-
road track in front of their
home. Not only may they
have been trespassing on
private property, I also
worry that this image might
prompt children to play on
hazardous tracks. I encour-
age readers to learn more
about railroad track injuries
and to support the work of
the nonprofit Operation
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T. PLOWMAN
Grapevine, TexasA JERK TO
JERKY MAKERS?
I congratulate Eugene
Kang on his success in
the beef jerky business
[“This 29-Year-Old Took a
$150,000 Gamble on Beef
Jerky,” January/February].
It sounds like he has a great
company with a wonderful
future. However, I believe his
comment on the fact that
the meat snacks business
was “dominated by old Cau-
casian men” was unneces-
sary. Let’s leave race out of
it. It’s beef jerky, folks.
WILL DODSON
Franklin, Tenn.ILL
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