50 stocks to buy in February
StockScouter, MSN Money’s stock-picking tool, identifies companies capable of outperforming the broader market in the weeks ahead.
Is Your Brain a Barrier to Smart Investing?
Guest blog by Daniel Solin, Mint.com. The evidence showing that most individual investors significantly underperform the market is compelling. A study done by Dalbar, a leading financial services market research firm, found that, during the 20 years from 1991 through...Americans Want To Save And Invest For Retirement, ICI Survey Found
A recent Investment Company Institute’s (ICI) study America’s Commitment to Retirement Security: Investor Attitudes and Actions found the following in a survey of 3,000 U.S. households in November and December 2011: 85% believed the current tax incentives for...
401K Investments: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolios Review
Year End Review: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolios We review the performance of portfolios in the Fortune Top 10 Company 401K Plans table on page Retirement 401K, 403B, 457. These plans represent some of largest 401K plans offered by companies. Notice by default, funds...January 30th 2012: Top 401K Plans’ Portfolio Review
Please login or register an account to view the...The Fed’s New Tax on Retirees
Last week, the Federal Reserve rolled out their inflation forecast and interest rate intentions through 2014, and it’s not good news for retirees or anyone else who relies on interest income. The yield on money market funds, CDs, and other fixed income investments will likely remain well below the inflation rate for the foreseeable future. […]
Can Your Dentist Offer A Free Trip to Thailand?
By Andrew Hallam
I’ll admit that I was pretty sceptical. I met two New Yorkers in Chiang Mai, a northern Thai city that’s becoming as famous for its dental clinics as it is for elephant rides and luxurious spas. The young women claimed that they weren’t primarily visiting Thailand for a vacation, but for dental work. The holiday, t…
Investing for the cheap-money era
The Federal Reserve last week promised to keep interest rates near zero for 3 more years. You know that hurts savers, but how is it likely to affect your portfolio?
401K Investments: High Quality Funds In WINDSTREAM 401(k) PLAN
Windstream Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various telecommunications services primarily in rural areas in the United States. It offers phone, high-speed Internet, and digital television services. WINDSTREAM 401(k) PLAN consists of 15 funds....10 income stocks it pays to know
Reliable, cash-rich companies with returns that handily beat the S&P 500 are what everyone wants right now. And these are flying under the radar screen.
MyPlanIQ Retirement Investment Newsletter Archive
Please login or register an account to view the...Debt, Uncertainty and Volatility in 2011
BY DAVID JOHN MAROTTA The world markets groaned as the burden of the rising American debt and the European deficit weighed down more productive countries. European authorities sought to avert a Greek default on their watch without promising to engage the same heroics...
Brokerage Investment Plan Review: Fidelity Commission Free ETFs Plan
On 4/23/2011, Fidelity started to offer 30 iShares ETFs commission free. This plan is constructed using these 30 ETFs. It is intended to be updated for the Fidelity Commission ETFs offered. Fidelity Commission Free ETFs consists of 31 funds. These funds enable...The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life
By Scott Burns
Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.
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More money to the rescue
Worldwide markets seem relieved that Europe’s central bank is ready to paper over problems with the printing press. Also: Microsoft’s results are well-received.
Asset Class Trends: Global Stock Recovery Is Still Too Early To Tell
Since the New Year, investors have been on risk on mode to drive various risk asset prices higher. This is especially evident to U.S. stocks: S&P 500 ETF SPY has returned 5.08% this year, as of 1/26/2012. For a long term investor with global and diverse asset...
401K Investments: AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan
The AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan (Plan) is a defined contribution plan established by AT&T Corp. (ATTC) to provide a convenient way for eligible non-management employees of participating ATTC companies to save on a regular and long-term basis. The...The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life
Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.
Add the two gr…
The “Good Life” Is Also a Long Life
Sarasota, Florida. There are, very roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money. They live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.
Add the two gr…
8 stocks with growing dividends
Investing in companies that regularly raise their payouts provides security in an uncertain market — and means fatter returns ahead.
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- Re: Does anyone hold Vanguard Windsor II or Wellington? April 18, 2021I've held Windsor II since about 1998. I bought it when I was just first starting to learn about mutual fund investing and a buddy had recommended Vanguard funds, and I think I read an article about the success of the original Windsor fund. Anyway, I put several thousand in it back then and never […]jchris
- Re: Roth Conversion. Vanguard Tax Form Screw-Up? April 18, 2021hirlaw wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:17 pm In 2020, I converted a sum from a Vanguard traditional IRA to a Vanguard Roth IRA. The Form 1099-R I received from Vanguard includes the full sum in Box 2a, "Taxable amount". Box 2b is checked as "Taxable Amount not determined." The Box 7 Distribution Code shows […]lstone19
- Re: What does "won the game stop playing" mean in practice? April 18, 2021goingup wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:27 am humblecoder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:01 am I respectfully disagree. If you have met your financial goals, then it makes sense to lower your risk since you don't need to take any more chances. That is a spirit of the saying, and I think it is […]humblecoder
- Re: Convert to Roth or stay in tax deferred? April 18, 2021Sahara wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:29 pmDavid, I haven't been able to follow all of the numbers here. Is that the rationale here that the OP's withdrawals after age 2026 are large enough to exceed the standard deduction and place the OP in the 22% bracket at that time? Also, could you speak to […]David Jay
- Re: 150K income limit April 18, 2021Perfect way to save. This should be the default way to save, as long as you have enough for expenses on the paycheck, which you shoudl (in ost cases) if you are looking at >$175k annual income.edudad