Financial Planning

Walking away from your mortgage.

I am trying to give advice to the son of a friend. He bought a house two years ago with no money down. Aside from the h...

6 comments posted 18yrs

posted by po.ning

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by po.ning

Warning about HELOC as Emergency Fund

I've always been a little wary about using a HELOC as one's only emergency fund. It's a nice theory, but in a real emer...

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posted by BreadWithSpam

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by BreadWithSpam

refinance /cash out tax implications

I'm planning to do a refi for about $120,000 and pull $30 or so in cash back. If I understand the new tax laws -- and I...

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posted by sportsfan2000

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by sportsfan2000

Investments for a young college student

I am a 25 year-old female college student that obviously has no money but I want to start investing money for my future...

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posted by Linds.Hav

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by Linds.Hav

Experience with Tax Lien Sales?

I would like to hear anyone's experience with buying "tax liens" as a way of obtaining high interest and/or a nice prop...

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posted by honda.lioness

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by honda.lioness

FROM THE MODERATORS: New posting format

Effective today, you will notice information about the newsgroup appearing at the end of each post. It is shown below....

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posted by skip5700removethis

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Tax Cut

I FOUND IT ! ! ! ! ! I happened to stop in at a Dollar store in our neighborhood called "The Dollar Tree". Lo and behol...

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posted by cal-lester

12 comments posted 18yrs posted by cal-lester

Parents Abroad as Dependents

I contribute to a significant portion of my Brazilian parents income, however it seems that there's no way that I can c...

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posted by evandro

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by evandro

Research on hedge funds

Hi everybody, I am a university student and I would like to investigate the hedge funds world for my final work. I alre...

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posted by Hcaulfield82

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refinance should you claim ira savings ?

This may seem like a dumb question, but I thought I'd ask. I'm planning to refinance soon and my income is good. I also...

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posted by sportsfan2000

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by sportsfan2000

Mutual Funds, Roth IRA, Savings Bonds, TSP, and Annuities... What else can I do?

Thank you all those who had any suggestions. I am looking for a way to maximize my savings for the future. Here is what...

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posted by hithere62

10 comments posted 18yrs posted by hithere62

paper on emerging market bond funds

A recent paper recommends that investors allocate some of their money to emerging market bond funds. Some people say th...

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posted by beliavsky

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ira withdrawals

i have 3 iras is it required to withdraw the required minimum from each or can u withdraw the mininum from just one ira...

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posted by gafoon1938

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by gafoon1938

Refi-Money out question

I have two mortgage loans, one at 5.75 on which I owe about 43600 at 5.75% and one I owe about 43600 at 6%. I want to r...

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posted by sportsfan2000

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by sportsfan2000

IRA, Roth and 401k information needed

I started a job in December which won't allow me to use the 401k plan for the next few months. What am i allowed to con...

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posted by bonanzaman

8 comments posted 18yrs posted by bonanzaman