Financial Planning

Taxes on stocks and dividend reinvestment plans

I am fairly green when it comes to an understanding of taxes with stock ownership and I am wondering if someone here ca...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by fearful.asymmetry

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by fearful.asymmetry

how to protect retirement assets during bear markets

what strategies do you use or plan to use for bear market conditions? couple pages I've recently read http://caps.fool....

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by tho

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by tho

Naked Shorting Lawsuits and Impact on

Does anyone have any feedback on the issue many small public companies are raising about the large positions of naked s...

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posted by tsw6a

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by tsw6a

2010 Roth Conversion

can someone explain the 2010 Roth Conversion rules and regulations is it of benefit only to a person with a 401k at pres...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by tho

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by tho

What is the Definition of APR?

I'm good at math, but not very experienced in finance. Because I'm good at math, I know that every exponential curve gr...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by golemdanube

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by golemdanube

Mutual of America Fixed Annuity

Given that I am looking for a well-paying, secure, fixed annuity (not for myself, and not subject to discussion), do pe...

14 comments posted 19yrs

posted by BnetOnewsX

14 comments posted 19yrs posted by BnetOnewsX

vanguard stock indexes vs. interest indexes

am trying to understand the concept of a stock index versus a fund that invests into an index tied to interest rates sp...

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posted by tho

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by tho

Class action lawsuit against Ameriprise/Amex

Did anyone here get the notice of the class action lawsuit against American Express Financial/Ameriprise? I just got on...

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posted by dan.gosser

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by dan.gosser

Refinancing a rental home,help with estimating the amount

I have a rental home that no is below $98K @ 6.0% on the mortgage. The current market value is $280K. I though this wou...

1 comments posted 19yrs

posted by wussabe77

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by wussabe77

EAFE and foreign taxes

Does anyone know if EAFE index funds have a foreign tax liability? If there is, I assume this is just lost money if the...

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posted by ghanwani

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by ghanwani

what's an unrealized gain/loss in a 401k

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posted by mary

9 comments posted 19yrs posted by mary

401(k) loan

Please, will someone share their opinions about using a 401(k) loan to pay down high-interest debt? I've built up $12k...

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posted by raven

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by raven

Mortgage - fixed versus interest only

I just refinanced my home to a interest only for 5 years. Because of the low real estate value these days, my house app...

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posted by Slain.k

53 comments posted 19yrs posted by Slain.k

401k question

Please forgive me if this question has been answered already but I'm having a hard time finding responses to my situati...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by bigseth

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by bigseth

After-tax IRA vs. taxable account

First, some background. Suppose you have some money with which you can do one of the following: 1) Pay taxes on it, put...

24 comments posted 19yrs

posted by ark

24 comments posted 19yrs posted by ark