Financial Planning

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the new secure sign-on process

Is there some law I missed that mandates this new process where you have to select an image, select some bogus "questio...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by makbo
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by makbo

401K Optimum Expense ratio

Hey All, My wifes company recently started offering 401K. She makes 85K per year. My income is 67K. I am putting 12% in...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by learnfpga
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by learnfpga

Short term saving + interest

I have some extra money, which I plan to use towards buying a house soon enough. Soon enough is probably about 2 months...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Slain.k
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by Slain.k

DISCOVER CARD gives Discount on Gas

IT's 5 % cash back, which is not much but better than nothing: It runs in the summer but you have to ask for it: http:/...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by JoeyTheCrudder
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by JoeyTheCrudder

weighted average maturity ?

What does this mean? It's an intermediate term bond fund. "The fund normally has a weighted average maturity of five to...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by vze3n4p8
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by vze3n4p8

Killer investment advice on TV

I'm sooo confused! I read newsgroups like this one and the consensus is I can't do better than an index fund for long t...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by stone583
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by stone583

Investment proposal from a broker

A broker with a national firm has solicited my 87 year old mother and proposed that she use the cash and securities in...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by robert.moredock
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by robert.moredock

Re-Finance vs. Assuming a Mortgage

Should I do Choice A or B? I have pruchased my partner's share of the house I live in. I plan to stay in the house for...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by b_russ
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by b_russ

ETF vs Mutual Fund in Roth IRA

I invest quarterly in my and my wife's Roth IRA's (Feb, May, Aug, Nov for me and March, June, September, and December f...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mjgrinnell
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by mjgrinnell

Social Security Earnings Test In Early Retirement

As I will turn 62 next year, this subject is becoming of interest to me, and I've been reading up on it. The SS website...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cowartmisc1
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by cowartmisc1

Non-spouse inherited IRA rollover/transfer?

A relative of mine has just inherited a share of a trad IRA and a Roth IRA from her father. The IRAs listed her and her...
35 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rlc-news
35 comments posted 19yrs posted by rlc-news

Pls dbl-check thots about Trad v. Roth IRA

By the time Roth IRAs were invented, I was already earning too much to qualify. (A nice curse to have. :-) So I have no...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nomail1983
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by nomail1983