Financial Planning

Tax planning-questions

I have been researching my personal income taxes. What I had in 2007, what I will have in 2008, and some go forward iss...

15 comments posted 17yrs

posted by noreplysoccer

15 comments posted 17yrs posted by noreplysoccer

What assumptions to make about future tax rates?

I'm facing a sticky problem. I've been a good saver all my life, and as a result I have a great deal of money in tradit...

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posted by gary_w1

13 comments posted 17yrs posted by gary_w1

Professionally managed 401K?

The company I work for has a typical 401k plan with about 15-20 mutual funds to choose from, with various concentration...

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posted by 49ermike

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by 49ermike

Balance Sheet Strength

I am a new poster trying to understand security analysis. I decided to start out with ExxonMobil since it is a prime ex...

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posted by VendettaNine

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by VendettaNine

Covered Call Strategy... makes sense?

Hello all... I found this strategy on another BAC forum. The author claims it is a way to collect dividends and avoid d...

3 comments posted 17yrs

posted by trumpet1120

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by trumpet1120

Inflation

My personal opinion is that we'll see inflation increasing, possibly to 15-20% per year, going on for a few years. I do...

69 comments posted 17yrs

posted by ignoramus1214

69 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus1214

Scottrade Elite User's Summit - Has anyone gone?

I'm seriously thinking about going to the one in Chicago and was wondering if anyone has gone to any of the other one's...

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posted by ned4spd8874

0 comments posted 17yrs posted by ned4spd8874

HSA

What is your thinking about not using money in an HSA for medical expenses if you can afford to pay from your other res...

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posted by rowdy'sboss

23 comments posted 17yrs posted by rowdy'sboss

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

I'm a first time poster who wants to learn the basics of stock analysis. How does a governmet bailout wipe out stockhol...

3 comments posted 17yrs

posted by VendettaNine

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by VendettaNine

Financial Institutional Damage

We have clearly heard about how some of the financial institutions have been hit by the mortgage issues, but not much h...

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posted by myaddress

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by myaddress

savings account

I also have a savings account. My bank has a offer that you sign up and use you debit card and they will transfer the c...

35 comments posted 17yrs

posted by karsan2007

35 comments posted 17yrs posted by karsan2007

Value of prepaying

I have an option to prepay my ISP bill. $419.40 for one year, versus $39.95 per month for 12 months. What is the best w...

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posted by ronrosenfeld

10 comments posted 17yrs posted by ronrosenfeld

Am I overcontributing to retirement accounts?

Thanks to a side business and being extremely frugal , I save around $5-10k/ month. So I have maxed out my 401k, Tradit...

14 comments posted 17yrs

posted by nonsense

14 comments posted 17yrs posted by nonsense

Minimum attorney fees for settling estates in PA

A relative of my wife's who is a Pennsylvania resident died last year. The executrix of the estate is the decedent's si...

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posted by rlc-news

17 comments posted 17yrs posted by rlc-news

FDIC Processing Speed

In case anyone is interested... I had one client that held brokered IndyMac CDs when the you-know-what hit the fan. Bec...

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by kastnna

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by kastnna