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Investment Methods

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Greenblatt maintains a web site Magicformulainvesting.com. When I retired, I used this method to re-invest the proceeds from my company 401K (that I had rolled into an IRA). 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.

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

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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. CNN Money is one site that acknowledges this. But it’s not that simple. The bond market was at a high at the time. Stocks were cheap. I bought stocks and a few bonds.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site. Outlaw Finance: Betterment Review: Incredibly Simple Investing How Betterment works, what it costs, and other thoughts. In no particular order….

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site asks What is Your Financial Plan B? Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. “To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.&#. It has gone on for generations.

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

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Instead of investing your money in education or your 401K, your money goes to clothes, gadgets, big screen TV’s or alcohol. Try a simple budget. Seven Reasons To Avoid Penny Auction Sites. You spend your money on the wrong stuff. How about a trip to the park instead of weekend shopping? You have no budget.

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