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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Digging into this formula investment technique (which is similar to dollar cost averaging), led me to the re-discovery of multiple other types of formulas and techniques which are supposed to help us make our money grow. What are some of the methods used for investing? Stock picking formulas. Technical analysis (chartists).

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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

Unfortunately, navigating the financial world wasn’t on their list of life lessons to impart, leaving you to figure it out by yourself once you’re out on your own. This is especially important if you get a 401K match from your employer, as that’s free money. You avoid a large chunk of deprecation if you purchase used.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. In 2010 and 2011 I did get a lot of it re-invested, even though it was rising the whole time. My situation calls for getting re-invested in the market. What strategy are you using?

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. Good Financial Cents: What to Watch For With Debt Settlement Companies Considering using a debt settlement company? Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Refinance Your Mortgage and Pay the Same Amount? Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund?

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Merrill Lynch Financial Advisers recommended I re-allocate to a ‘more appropriate’ conservative position. Do you use an asset allocation model? Stocks were cheap.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a Midwestern reader who only occasionally masquerades as Mrs. Potato Head. ? Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now, however, I hear that the company will not consider re-hiring anyone laid off in the first round. Since I didn’t soak the company for the benefits, I should have a chance at being re-hired should I decide to go that route within a few years. It would have meant about a year’s worth of salary.