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The Best Investments For the Over 40s to Start Now

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Your goal is to achieve capital appreciation rather than get good dividends. Make your goal to create an income from your investment. Generally, this goal is best achieved with corporate or government bonds. One of the best ways to invest for your retirement is taking advantage of the tax incentives of retirement accounts.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Bloggers talk about it as the holy grail of personal finance and many of them have the goal of retiring early at 40, 45 or 50 years old. Open a savings account and put away 10 percent as a minimum. posted at Free Money Finance , saying, “Early retirement seems to be all the rage these days.

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