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deregulation and the current credit crisis

I have heard, often, that deregulation had caused the current credit crisis. However, I have not yet seen one specific...
50 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rowdy'sboss
50 comments posted 17yrs posted by rowdy'sboss

Management of Investment Portfolio

Hi, I'm new to this so am looking more for guidance on where I need to be looking. I have an amount of shares in a priv...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by shannon.whitty
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by shannon.whitty

Investment question

I'm about to inherit $100,000.00 . I'm 54 years old and have no savings or any other financial assets. I'd like to pay...
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posted by vgps68
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by vgps68

the government plan - details anyone?

I haven't seen much in the way of details reported. I guess the fundamental question I have is what price will the US b...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rowdy'sboss
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long term care and Medicare

the thread on Proposal for my Mom got me wondering: how does Medicare (not Medicaid) handle long term and/or nursing ho...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rowdy'sboss
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by rowdy'sboss

RTC - the final cost

Does anyone know what the final cost of the RTC (Resolution Trust Corp.) was? We heard how many assets it took over, bu...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rowdy'sboss
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by rowdy'sboss

Quick question on a ticker symbol

Quick question on a ticker symbol On CNBC I saw them mention the Dow Jones futures for the "day" prior to the market op...
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posted by izinna3
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by izinna3

401k, 403b Questions

My understanding is that 401k and 403b plans are trusteed plans, meaning that the plan assets are kept by an independen...
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posted by skip5700removethis
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by skip5700removethis

What's The Catch?

Meandering the internet today, I stumbled on an expats' site: http://www.expatnetwork.com/?IDA They reference some attr...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by carham101
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by carham101

TIAA-CREF Stability ?

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1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rgsros
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by rgsros

Question about Vanguard

I'm surprised nobody else asked this. Maybe it's just too dumb a question, but what the hell: How does a company like V...
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posted by googlemail2003
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by googlemail2003

credit risk of a fixed annuity

About 10% of the savings of my parents is in a fixed (CD-like) annuity of a large AAA rated insurance company that will...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by beliavsky
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by beliavsky

457 Rollover to Roth IRA

I have a 457 plan with my former employer (about $7,000) that I would like to rollover to my existing Vanguard Roth IRA...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jasontyip
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by jasontyip

PROPOSAL FOR MY MOM FROM PLANNER - REASONABLE?

Hello! I am hoping folks will take pity on a true financial neophyte who is trying to help out his mom. After many year...
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by samplogan
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by samplogan

Financial Advisor Liability

I have recently left my advisor because he invested in riskier issues than I initially asked for. I wanted a conservati...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gene.f
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by gene.f