Financial Planning

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Appraisal vs Selling Price

I am in the process of buying a home. The home was originally listed for 345k. It has been on the market for 6 months....
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Slain.k
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by Slain.k

Why didn't my bond fund go up?

I own Fidelity intermediate term treasuries (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=FIBIX) and kind of expected to get a bump...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spasmous
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by spasmous

Bond Allocation Diversification

Hi group I am 51 years old & attempting to get my AA to 65/35.I just added the TIPS fund to my bond portfolio which onl...
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posted by big_ragu50
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by big_ragu50

401k "force out"

Hello, Not sure if this is the right group but one has to start somewhere, right? I worked at sgi from '98 to '02, part...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by henryfordcastro
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by henryfordcastro

property taxes and mortgage company defaults

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.taxbill15sep15,0,4511686.storyAiling lender's checks bounce: Area homeowner...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by beliavsky
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by beliavsky

What's the correct way to cancel a credit card?

I recently retired my Home Equity loan and my final credit card debt. I now have four credit cards but want to keep jus...
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posted by MrGBojangles
29 comments posted 18yrs posted by MrGBojangles

What to Invest in?

I am joining this group with the hopes of learning or getting advice in what I should invest in. I have 10,000 to inves...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spenjohnson
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by spenjohnson

T-bill rates

have dropped well below bank CD's. The 26-week T-bill I got today is only paying 4.172. The bank is offering 6 month CD...
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posted by zxcvbob
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by zxcvbob

Investing Better

Hi, I have some money that I would like to invest...like about $5,000 or more and am aware of some CDs that offer compo...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by netsurfer802
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by netsurfer802

Distributing Estate

I have come across this senario and would like some comments. This is as I understand the situation. Friend's parents d...
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posted by scott.snowboard
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by scott.snowboard

Estimation of the intrinsic value of a stock

The procedure commonly used by investment analysts to estimate the intrinsic value of a stock traded in the stock marke...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by narach.investment
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by narach.investment

Life Expectancy table?

Can someone provide a pointer (specific URL) for the 2000 Individual Annuitant Mortality Table, aka the RP 2000 Life Ta...
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posted by nomail1983
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomail1983

Comingling pre-/post-tax contributions in IRAs?

I know I need to study IRS Pub 590, but I am hoping some kind soul will offer some educated insights .... As I recall,...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nomail1983
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomail1983

Looking for brokers with balanced index fund

I am looking for a place to park my wife's relatively small IRA for a while (up to 30 years). Although the amount is la...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nomail1983
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomail1983