Tag: investments
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . . more
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July 26, 2007 05:41 PM EDT --
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is investigating insurance companies that train agents to pitch older consumers on annuities, and other financial products, using scare tactics aimed at getting . . . more
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September 12, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
If you're like most people nursing a retirement portfolio, you're on at least one invitation list for those educational investment seminars that come with free lunch, snacks or dinner. I’ve . . . more
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October 03, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
Think you could outsmart a high schooler when it comes to money questions? Now's your chance to find out.
The Center for Financial Studies at Southern New Hampshire University's has created . . . more
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . . more
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March 04, 2008 03:57 PM EST --
"Over a 40 year work life, you could forfeit more than $660,000 in retirement savings if your plan charges excess fees totalling just 1 percent a year," reports financial columnist Terry Savage. . . . more
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December 28, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
As Jan. 1 rapidly approaches, I sit down to carve out my goals for the coming year. My goals run the gamut from finally wrapping up all of the projects I've started to getting my house (financially . . . more
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November 07, 2007 07:59 PM EST --
If you're trying to figure out what to make of falling stocks and rising oil prices, you're in good company.
The Federal Reserve Board is also caught between a rock and a hard place. Last week . . . more
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . . more
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September 21, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I returned to work today after four days of intense training at the National Press Foundation on "Retirement Issues in the 21st Century." What a whirlwind! As such, I've developed this photo . . . more
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October 11, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
Last week I posted a series of questions pulled from a new financial education program for high schoolers. (See "The Bottom Line: Are you smarter than a high schooler?") Here's your chance . . . more
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February 27, 2008 05:45 PM EST --
As many of you know, I write a regular series of profiles on "The Self-Directed Real Estate Professional" for Real Estate Magazine's Power Team Report. This is the 12th in that series, . . . more
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November 30, 2007 07:58 PM EST --
After cutting the federal funds rate by 1/4 percent on Oct. 31, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says it may be cut again come Dec. 11. This week speculation on this possible cut led to a sharp . . . more
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October 10, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
The results are in for the FINRA Investor Education Foundation's 2007 Senior Fraud Risk Survey, a survey of investors age 55 to 64.
It turns out that those most likely to . . . more
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December 19, 2007 06:38 PM EST --
PATRICK RICE STARTED as a banker-turned-small-town-real-estate-agent brokering property for his clients using their Individual Retirement Arrangements. Fifteen years later, . . . more
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November 14, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
I've had the delightful experience of being able to write about a few of Gather.com's members outside of this forum. First was Loral Langemeier (" The Bottom Line: Q&A with Loral . . . more
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December 12, 2007 03:34 PM EST --
The Fed's Open Market Committee has spoken. It has cut interest rates another quarter point, sparking another sell-off on Wall Street where many investors wanted a half-point cut.
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July 11, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
When a self-directed Individual Retirement Arrangement is used to take out a loan, it is hit with what’s known as Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT). The first $1,000 is UBIT-free. But profits . . . more
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