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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The original Yakezie Carnival was first hosted on February 28, 2010 and was called the Yakezie Challenge Carnival. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? One of the major components of being financially fit is to have an emergency fund. Welcome to this week’s Yakezie Carnival.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It caught me by surprise that the stocks/mutual funds in which I invested while in the 401K could not be transferred in kind to my IRA. Unfortunately, I was doing this from 2010 through 2013, part of the longest bull run we’ve had in the US recently. So, I was buying my shares at ever increasing prices!

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