Financial Planning

NYTimes - What Some Investors Are Doing In Anticipation Of Tax Increase

NYTimes ? What some investors Are Doing To Anticipate Tax Increase Nice article in NYTimes by Paul Sullivan.  He talks...

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posted by mifp

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NYTimes: Our Ridiculous Approach to Retirement

NYTimes Opinion: Our Ridiculous Approach To Retirement Worth reading.  Prof. GHILARDUCCI has been saying for years that...

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posted by mifp

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Investors' 10 most common mistakes

A really great "top 10" list by Barry Ritholtz: Investors' 10 most common mistakes http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/07...

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posted by mifp

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Real interest rates - and Retirement in a Yield-Free World

Saw this very nice article and thought it was worth bringing out for discussion: http://www.advisorone.com/2012/06/27/r...

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posted by mifp

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Roth IRA question

In these unstable, hard economic times, I would like to expand my liquid assets. Having a six month emergency fund does...

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posted by iarwain_8

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jettison the car & insurance?

What if you opt out of car ownership and insurance in favor of a very infrequent car rental... can rental car insurance...

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posted by dumbstruc

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Dividend Info for Huaneng Power Int. (HNP)

Does anyone know when HNP will pay its annual dividend and what the amount will be? I have not been able to locate HNP'...

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posted by honda.lioness

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Credit Card Compromised

In 2009, 2011, and now 2012, the sole credit card I used was compromised with an inappropriate charge as shown on my cr...

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posted by honda.lioness

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Taxable account

My wife and I have a savings account with some money set aside for a rainy day. While waiting for that day, I'd like fo...

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posted by nope

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Facebook Thread

Reading about Facebook as a business the last few months has been interesting. In the last week in particular, it seems...

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posted by honda.lioness

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Recommended Financial Planning Programs for retirement withdrawal phase

Anyone have any recommendations for software to use to best plan and review withdrawal phase plans? I was playing with...

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posted by danielle.e

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Roth Rollovers, taxes, expenses

I find myself wondering how to best evaluate rollovers to a roth IRA. Although there may be tax advantages, I don't see...

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posted by danielle.e

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Luskin makes a case for a 30% stock market correction

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577381851218376744.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Mainly, he argues tha...

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posted by mifp

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failed broker firms

what have been the pro rata recovery percentages from failed broker firms such as Lehman, before SIPC coverage kicked in...

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posted by PicoRico

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Allocation (taxable and non-taxable accounts)

I have been thinking more about allocation from an entire asset point of view. Now that I am closer to retirement age a...

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posted by danielle.e

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