Four year-end tax strategies to consider
It’s hard to believe we’re fast approaching the end of 2015, but it’s time to start thinking about the 2015 tax season. Here are four simple yet effective tax minimization strategies to consider before the end of the year: 1. Harvest capital losses. While the recent market volatility has been frustrating, it does provide opportunities […]
Income with Real Estate
Understanding Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Azzad’s real estate strategy ranked #1
We’d like to share some good news we received recently about one of the strategies in the Azzad Ethical Wrap Program. Last week, Azzad’s real estate investment trust (REIT) strategy was ranked #1 out of 52 REIT products for performance in the one-year period ending September 30, 2015. Informa Investment Solutions, the longest running investment […]
Understanding real estate investment trusts (REITs)
A real estate investment trust is a company that buys, sells, develops, and manages real estate such as office buildings, apartment complexes, shopping malls, self-storage units, and housing developments. Rather than investing directly in a piece of real estate, investors in REITs put their money into a professionally managed portfolio of properties. REITs make money […]
Azzad’s REIT strategy achieves ‘Top Gun’ rating
Falls Church, Va., 11/19/15 – Azzad Asset Management’s REIT (real estate investment trust) strategy was awarded the prestigious “Top Guns” distinction from Informa Investment Solutions’ PSN manager ranking database for the 3rd quarter, 1-year, and 3-year periods ended September 30, 2015. Achieving the Top Gun distinction means the Azzad REIT strategy is among the top […]
The lost art of saving: A four-step plan
According to government data out this quarter, student loan debt, which has doubled over the past 8 years, stood at $1.8 trillion as of June 30. About 11.5 percent of student debt was delinquent or in default for at least 90 days in the quarter that ended in June, up from 11.1 percent in the […]
Pope Francis and Islamic finance
Next week, Pope Francis is expected to arrive in Washington, D.C., to kick off his first visit to the United States, giving an anticipated 18 speeches. Although we don’t yet know the content of those talks, it shouldn’t surprise anyone if, when talking about social justice from his own faith perspective, he describes the basics […]
Azzad participates in US-Saudi investment forum
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2015 — A delegation from Azzad Asset Management joined representatives from the Saudi Arabian and U.S. business communities in Washington, D.C., for a conference designed to foster trade ties between the two nations. Azzad, a leader in socially responsible halal investing in the United States, has investments in Saudi Arabia through its […]
Markets continue the roller coaster ride
Investors kicked off September by fleeing stocks, extending the losses suffered in August. This market is being driven by emotion, rather than a substantial change in the fundamentals of the economy. Although data have indicated a slowdown in developed markets, we have seen nothing to indicate a recessionary trend here in the United States. And […]
Five ways to deal with market volatility
US markets turned in their worst returns in years this August. So, as an investor, what should you do about it, if anything? Research shows that emotional selling, or bailing out of investments because things are scary, is all too common. This is bad because investor behavior and poor decision-making can adversely affect returns. A […]
