Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 6, 2012
.” - “I don’t earn enough to be able to put anything away for retirement.” - “With the rising cost of living, I am having trouble making ends met, let alone putting anything aside for the future.” - “My boss doesn’t have a 401K for me to join.” If you have no retirement fund, your quality of life could well be affected.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2017
A smile or a word from a parent or teacher, seeing someone enjoying their savings, a chance combination of a happy conversation, a sun shiny day and an increased amount in the piggy bank – all may result in one child’s brain being wired towards the pleasure of saving. As teenagers, we may be madly saving up for a car.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 10, 2012
Welcome to the May 11, 2012 Edition #236 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. Frank presents Passively Managed Funds posted at Individual Investor Strategies , saying, “Short-term mutual fund trading is a zero sum game played against other very well informed mutual fund traders and other securities market traders.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 12, 2014
What YOU need in YOUR asset allocation model may well be very different from their generic recommendations. Vanguard’s Personal Financial Planner thought I should change invest all my retirement money in bonds when I moved it from my 401K to an IRA. Take their generic advice at your own risk! Stocks were cheap.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 27, 2023
In the Basic fields, you can adjust your contribution amount (based on a percentage of your income), as well as employer contributions, your planned retirement age and your expected rate of return. You may be able to roll a Roth 401(k) into a Roth IRA to avoid RMDs. Contributions may be tax-deductible, or withdrawals may be tax-free.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 31, 2015
You may have been part of a couple and a family for 15 or 20 years by now. Being out of the work force to raise babies put me behind on the retirement savings front, but I caught up through regular 401k contributions, and additional IRA savings and ended up with more than most people do put aside. Perhaps they will work for you too.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 30, 2013
.” Rice Edelman (of Edelman Financial Services ) reported a similar prediction by Jeffrey Hirsh that the Dow will reach 38,820 by 2025, saying: “Hirsch is editor-in chief of Stock Trader’s Almanac, a well-known publication within Wall Street circles. It may or may not turn out that way. My Predicament.
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