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Starting to Invest: Opening an IRA

Adam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:40 +0000

Without much more than basic knowledge of how the stock market works, I was prepared to wait to get involved until I got a job with a 401k. I figured that would help me get my feet wet and provide the motivation I needed to learn more and prepare for the future. Words like “investing”, [...]

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If You Work In Retirement, Are You Still Considered Retired?

Adam — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:10 +0000

Retirement is something that we all strive to achieve. It symbolizes the end of a long career and is the point where you can relax and reap the rewards of life. However, many individuals these days are not prepared financially for retirement. Either they did not save enough or they had unusual circumstances that required [...]

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The Average Net Worth of Americans: Where Do You Stand?

Adam — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:34 +0000

I absolutely love using the calculators at CNNMoney.com. There are so many cool ones that I use frequently. They have one for housing prices, cost of living comparison, retirement needs, saving for college, etc. I actually just stumbled across one for the average net worth of Americans. All you have to do is enter in [...]

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Free Retirement Guides from Forbes and Amazon.com

Adam — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:44 +0000

Forbes, in partnership with Amazon, has some free retirement guides available for download. These guides are only available until the end of February. Head over there to get your copies today! Make sure you save them on your computer so you can access them later. Here are some titles that are available: The Forbes Investors [...]

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Should You Forgo A Match From a 401(k) In Order to Start an Emergency Fund?

Adam — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:00:31 +0000

I received a question the other week that many people seem to be asking. We will leave the commenter anonymous for obvious reasons. Here is the question: “My husband and I have no emergency savings. However, we do participate in my husband’s 401(k) with matching employer contribution. Considering today’s current conditions, would we be better [...]

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Ideas for Saving Your 401(k) Account

Adam — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:34 +0000

A recent article on CNNMoney discusses some proposals to temporarily or permanently change some parts of 401(k) plans and your retirement. With a change in office coming (and a controlling Congress), I can see some of these happening. Even though the ideas may not be the best, I imagine some individuals will take advantage of [...]

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Saving for Retirement in College?

Adam — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:51:00 +0000

You must be thinking to yourself, is this guy crazy? Why on earth should you save for retirement when you haven’t even started a career yet? The answer to that question is the miracle of compound interest. Compound interest is where you not only earn interest on your original investment, but you also earn interest [...]

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