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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? Greenblatt maintains a web site Magicformulainvesting.com.

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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. You know you shouldn’t be using credit cards all the time. Seven Reasons To Avoid Penny Auction Sites. You spend your money on the wrong stuff. You aren’t taking responsibility.

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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. They couldn’t afford to take any risks at all and consequently used a very conservative model, holding all money in treasuries of various sorts or in the bank. Stocks were cheap.

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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

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This is especially important if you get a 401K match from your employer, as that’s free money. As tempted as you are to jump into an expensive, new car to celebrate that high paying job you just got, consider going with a used or a certified pre-owned car. You avoid a large chunk of deprecation if you purchase used.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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Do you use those to achieve happiness on your own or do you pass those opportunities by? Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Among the many benefits afforded to many 401k participants is the ability to borrow funds from the account for personal purposes. Why not use your dividends to pay your expenses?

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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. You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. Instead of giving in, they used it as an opportunity to pay down debt!

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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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.