Financial Planning

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Buying a home

What kind of research is recommended before making a decision to purchase a home? (E.g. appraisers include the latest 1...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by GeorgeCFL
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeorgeCFL

Term life insurance

I am considering buying simple term life insurance. I want to buy not too much, just enough to pay off the house if I d...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ichudov
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by ichudov

inheritance issue

Hey all, This may not quite be a financial issue, but we talk about inheritance issues a lot here so I thought I'd thro...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by me
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

How to invest for an increase in inflation

I am interested in knowing the preferred strategies from the group if one were to assume an increase in inflation over t...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mklostermeyer
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by mklostermeyer

Awful CD rates these days...

1-year CD rates are hardly 1% these days. It is hardly worth the trouble of buying a CD at that rate. Is there anything...
32 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nonsense
32 comments posted 17yrs posted by nonsense

ROTH IRA ?Is this legal?

Can I in every year: 01/01-XX Convert $100,000 from IRA to ROTH IRA 12-31-XX recharacterize $95,000 from ROTH IRA to IRA
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by beulavillenc
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by beulavillenc

10 seconds of your time to help everyone out.

As most people are, I am swamped right now with taxes, bills, memos, and other personal business to attend to. I have a...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by no.email
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by no.email

Tech Mahindra won Satyam Bid

Tech Mahindra has won Satyam Bid @ 58 Rs per share . After declaration of result the share fell to the level of 48 Rs....
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by 123.vikas
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by 123.vikas

How hold stocks?

Please can someone help with some stupid questions? With so many large financial institutions in trouble, how do we det...
28 comments posted 17yrs
posted by hobnobre
28 comments posted 17yrs posted by hobnobre

Software for Options use?

Can anyone recommend any software to track Options? We find our Ameritrade system rather lacking and would like to keep...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Hauslohn
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by Hauslohn

"The Formula That Killed Wall Street"

This is a fascinating, easy-to-read piece on the formula that persuaded many that risk could, for all practical purpose...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by honda.lioness
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by honda.lioness

Advice for Parents In Debt?

I am looking for advice on beneficial ways I can help my parents through their current financial crisis. In brief: My m...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mussanona7
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by mussanona7

Stocks vs. immediate annuity

I have been looking at various new to me financial products and I visited one insurance company selling "immediate annu...
29 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ichudov
29 comments posted 17yrs posted by ichudov

non-deductible contributions to a Traditional IRA

For households that have maxed out 401(k) contributions and have too much income to make deductible IRA contributions,...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by beliavsky
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by beliavsky