Bonds, Stocks, and You
A 31 year old doctor asked Money Magazine if he should be investing 100% in equity right now. The answer – yes, up to a point. With the Dow hovering somewhere around 8,000 or so, equities are certainly...
View ArticleRebalancing Your Retirement Accounts
Money and Such has a great post on rebalancing his 401k. This is a timely post for me since I’ve been thinking that it is time to take another look and what has happened in my 403b. Here is a preview:...
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The Investing Rules Have Changed
Last weekend I attended a financial planning seminar. The speaker ended the seminar by discussing the way in which the investing rules have changed and actually returned to the the original investing...
View ArticleA New Way to Think About Risk
At the financial planning seminar I went to last week the presenter spent time discussing how equities are no longer king. This seemed very contradictory to what I feel like the financial world and...
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Financial Year In Review
I have yet to write about my financial year wrap up. My fixed expenses are my fixed expenses, so where I try to budget is in my liquid expenses. In 2008 I spent $11,488. In 2009 – $13,906. In my...
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My 403b
Before I begin I would like to remind everyone that I am not an expert and nothing I write should be considered advice. When it comes to investments we all need to find out what we are comfortable with...
View ArticleShould you try to beat the market?
My retirement accounts at work are through Fidelity and recently they sent me an email with links to a few articles. I particularly enjoyed the article Trying to Beat the Market?, where Fidelity lays...
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Six More Weeks
I just started my final course. In six weeks I will have completed my degree and I can move on to the next stage in my life. What that stage will be I have no idea. It is always a little scary...
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Thinking About Buying Some Stocks
So I’m thinking about purchasing some stocks. I’m a huge believe in investing long-term (retirement) in index funds and so all of my investing is done that way. However, lately I think it may be...
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A Financial Check-Up
I try to give myself a financial check-up every January. Mostly this includes checking my credit reports, looking up my credit score on credit karma, and reviewing my retirement accounts and...
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