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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

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Examples of financial advisor suggestions that would have steered my family wrong: An estate trustee at a bank recommended selling off Chevron stock that my Aunt owned “because it is too risky”. 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.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

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Unfortunately, to move them, I had to cash some the investments out in the 401K, leaving me with quite a few funds to get back into the market. Since they were dirt cheap at the time, I had no emotional problem getting into some mutual funds focused on international stocks.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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After all it was not the people who caused the problem so why should they suffer while the banks get off scot-free? ” Liana presents Review: Bank of America’s New Travel Rewards Credit Cards posted at Card Hub , saying, “Bank of America just made travel a whole lot sweeter for their customers.

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