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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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

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. CNN Money is one site that acknowledges this. In the years since that recommendation was given, the stock has consistently paid a dividend and the stock price has tripled in value.

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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

This is especially important if you get a 401K match from your employer, as that’s free money. This site uses affiliate links. It’s tempting to live it up, especially when you’re younger, but you make your money work for you when you’re investing in retirement starting in your 20s. Car Buying.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Here are some purchases that turned out to be better than expected! In no particular order…. You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, I haven’t learned this lesson too well, as I still have the second plan, which is a 401K. My plan for after retirement was always to get into something new – a franchise, the storage unit business, or residential real estate, and in addition, to develop a web site to help people deal with wealth.

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Saving Tips & Free Crediting Monitoring

For the Mommas

Have more money automatically withdrawn from your paycheck and put in your 401k. If you achieve it, nothing happens, but if you don’t achieve it, the site will charge your credit card and donate money to a charity whose cause you hate. Create a budget. Bring your lunch to work more frequently. Eliminate expensive membership fees (i.e.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. The disrespect of authority and lack of appreciation is nothing new. It has gone on for generations. However, I think there has been an increase in occurrence.