Financial Planning

  1. Home
  2. Financial Planning
2143 Threads Posts
to

This lurker has a question

Hello everyone. For years we have heard and been told to 'diversify' our investment (s). Yet everyone who says it seems...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by starwulf
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by starwulf

Article: Small Banks Doing Fine All Along

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/business/12small.html?hp This is a fun and thought provoking read about small local b...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by honda.lioness
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by honda.lioness

Rule Of 72 Questions

Hello, Figure that this must be the right and best group for this question. Have read the Google links on it, but still...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rgsros
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by rgsros

Buying term life insurance

I would like to buy a little term life insurance. I would like a simple product that would pay my beneficiaries in case...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ichudov
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ichudov

transactions in a rollover IRA

Is there any reason to hold on to the paperwork of stock and bond transactions in a Rollover IRA account? I am assuming...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ghanwani
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by ghanwani

A Question About Home Mortgage Interest Rates

We're told there's a "credit crunch", that banks are afraid to lend money because they're afraid of defaulting borrower...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dan
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by dan

Is there a super index fund?

The more I read about investing the more it seems that diversification is the key. In other words don't put all your eg...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nonsense
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by nonsense

bond funds - VBMFX vs FGOVX

I've been reading the threads about bond funds, and currently am holding VBMFX in my portfolio. What about FGOVX - http...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pschuman_no_spam_me
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

Bond index funds

I had posted earlier asking for the next riskier investment after Bank CD's. It was suggested I buy Vanguard's Total Bo...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nonsense
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by nonsense

Advisers Ditch 'Buy and Hold' for New Tactics

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124096109870565775.html A small part of the article is included here for space and copy...
39 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ichudov
39 comments posted 17yrs posted by ichudov

Does fixed immed inc annuity make sense?

My broker pitched an fixed immediate income annuity to me in our last sit-down. (BTW, there are no fees on the sale. Th...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by whatsup31415
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by whatsup31415

No Fed or State Tax

Is there such an investment that is exempt from both Federal and State tax?
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stephen.moore
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by stephen.moore

Historical short-term risk-free rates?

Yahoo [1] provides historical data for the 13-week T-bill, 5-yr and 10- yr T-note, and 30-yr T-bond. At federalreserve....
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by whatsup31415
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by whatsup31415