Category Archives: Saving
Fix your money mistakes: Market timing
During the stock market’s wild ride, mutual fund investors went off the rails.
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How to handle a million-dollar windfall
When their mother died of cancer in June 2007, Pattie Cagney Sheehan and her four siblings inherited the Hinsdale, Ill., three-bedroom ranch where their parents had lived. Estimated value: just over $ 1 million.
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Low-risk retirement
I’m retired and don’t want to take chances. What’s the best way to draw income from my money? — T.V., Los Angeles
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‘Should I invest $150,000 in a vacation home?’
My wife and I are 40 and currently have about $ 350,000 in savings, $ 250,000 of which is in an IRA. Would it be wise to invest $ 150,000 of the IRA money in a Jersey Shore rental property via a self-directed IRA? My wife says yes, but I’m not so positive. — Bryan, Woodbury, New Jersey
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Cut investment taxes, boost returns by 20%
Looking to improve your portfolio’s performance? Still licking the wounds from tax day? Then it’s time to kill two birds with one stone by making sure your investments are as minimally exposed to taxes as possible.
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How much in stocks should you own?
I’ve always used the rule of thumb of 100 minus my age to decide what percentage of my 401(k) to invest in stocks. But now that I’m getting close to retirement I’m wondering whether that’s too conservative? Do you think it is? –Martin, Middleton, Wisconsin
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How to rebalance your portfolio
My wife and I are 35, have a good start at building our retirement funds, but we’d like to increase the percentage of fixed-income investments in our tax-deferred retirement accounts. How should we go about doing this? Should we rebalance all at once or slowly over time? –Chad Comer, Madison, Wisconsin
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BP oil spill stole their retirement
Randy Boggs met the enemy up close for the first time last June when he pulled his 65-foot fishing boat, Reel Surprise, out of the marina in Orange Beach, Ala., and into the Gulf of Mexico.
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40% of Americans can’t afford to retire
Gone are the plans to golf, garden or read on a creaky porch swing.
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Do I have enough money to retire?
My wife and I are 62 years old, have about $ 1.6 million in retirement savings and $ 250,000 in discretionary funds. We have no mortgage or debt payments. I get $ 12,500 a year from a pension and we both work part-time.
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