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This is one tip that I think that is especially hard to follow, especially for new investors. It can be fun to check your stock, investment, retirement portfolio every day or every hour to see how …
Read MoreStep 1: Rack up some debt on your high interest credit cards Step 2: Start paying your credit cards off. Ok I know what a lame post, but to be honest if you have credit card debt and your credit score …
Read MoreI recently had a reader who wanted me to write an article on whether it’s better to pay down debt or invest. Seeing as how I was recently profiled over at No Credit Needed I figured now was as …
Read MoreIf you’ve been following my blog lately you’ve been noticing that I’ve been questioning why one would ever have any money in bonds in the long-term due to their sub-par performance …
Read MoreWell turns out that me suggesting that young people with long investing time horizons invest 100% in stocks stirred up a lot of activity on my blog and to be honest I never could have imagined I would …
Read MoreI know I have had a few people comment on some of my posts that I’m too heavily weighted towards stocks (100%) and it’s sort of common knowledge that when laying out your asset allocation …
Read MoreI am curious to see what kind of vehicles my readers drive and why they drive the vehicles that they do. Purchasing a vehicle is usually a pretty major decision/expense and depending upon what kind …
Read MoreI just thought of something that I think would be fun to track as it will make sure I don’t overestimate how big my retirement nest egg really is. I currently have a mix of Roth IRA, Roth 401k, …
Read MoreI always find myself looking for these limits so I figured I’d just put them on my site for a point of reference. Below are the maximum contribution limits for 401k plans each year from now …
Read MoreThis is the fourth post in a series of posts on Realistic Rate of Return. You can view Part I, Part II, and Part III here. In this part I will try to touch on inflation and how it can affect my nest …
Read MoreWell 2006 is coming to a close and I figured I would check in on how I am progressing on my goal to have $100,000 in principal (solely my contributions) contributed to my various retirement plans. …
Read MoreOne of the great advantages, at least for me is that by contributing to my Roth IRA at work I know that some day when I leave the company I can roll it over to a Roth IRA which is a much friendlier …
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