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Build America Bonds in corporate bond funds

Build America Bonds (BAB) are a relatively new type of municpal bond that pay interest that is fully taxable to the inv...
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posted by beliavsky
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by beliavsky

After the Crash: Portfolio Income Planning

My portfolio is of course paying much less than two years ago as far as stock dividends and Certificate of Deposit inte...
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posted by honda.lioness
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by honda.lioness

How to Control Beneficiary Designation

Hi...I have two good sons who are in their 30's from a first marriage. My second wife and I have been married many year...
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posted by oitbso
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by oitbso

Question about mortgage red flags

We have a 30yr fixed mortgage on which we have been paying an extra $300 a month on principal, for years now. We have a...
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posted by thefronny
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by thefronny

foreign currency - exchange vs bank

quick question for the knowledge of the group Foreign Currency exchange rates... Our son is in Germany for a year, and...
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posted by pschuman_no_spam_me
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

Mint.com

The New York Times has an article about a financial planning site, Mint.com, that was recently acquired by Intuit, the...
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posted by beliavsky
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by beliavsky

Home seller holding note/ tax question

I have seen several homes for sale in which the listing says " owner financing available" or "owner will hold note", wh...
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posted by mikepier
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by mikepier

Medigap for 2010

The Medigap document is at http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/02110.pdfbut it's for 2009. Where is the corres...
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posted by zvkmpw
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by zvkmpw

Paper challenge update

A year ago discussion about mutual funds, risk and diversification, v. stock picking, prompted me to slap together 10 s...
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posted by GeorgeCFL
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by GeorgeCFL

Government Health Proposals

I'll weigh in (a little lengthy) Re Public Option/ Insurance pools/Assigned Risk plans My alternative would be to allow...
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posted by avrum223
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by avrum223

Denied credit card???

I recently applied for a credit card from Chase, as I find my old card to be not so convenient. To my dismay, my applic...
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posted by ichudov
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by ichudov

Off-topic: Government healthcare proposals

Several regulars have asked to have a thorough discussion of the Healthcare discussions currently occurring in Washingt...
81 comments posted 16yrs
posted by skip5700removethis
81 comments posted 16yrs posted by skip5700removethis

Medicare question

Medicare has just announced new premium bands for 2010. Essentially, beneficiaries whose adjusted income exceeds the ta...
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posted by skip5700removethis
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by skip5700removethis

how to analyze property performance

When buying an investment property, you have a couple numbers you can look at to see how the property is performing. Ca...
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posted by pleasenospam
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by pleasenospam

three LTC strategies

If you have few retirement assets, then spending downing until qualifying medicare is a common strategy. If you have a...
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posted by rick303
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by rick303