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Posted in Investing on Oct 10th, 2008
Nothing.
So far I have done nothing. I’m still impressed with how cool I’ve been throughout the whole thing, especially with all the unrealized losses I have. Granted, I’m young and only started investing a few years ago—so I’m not losing nearly as much as other people are—but it still doesn’t feel good. One of the [...]
[This post has been included in the Money Hacks Carnival over at Sound Money Matters. Be sure to go over there and check out the other great posts]
Earlier this year I was part of a discussion somewhere online about how and when to contribute to a Roth IRA account. There were two groups of people [...]
Posted in Finance on Jun 12th, 2008
I’ve been contributing (fully) to my Roth IRA account for a little over three years. At the end of this year, I’ll have around $16,000 total in my Roth IRA. Now that M and I are married and our current lease is up in August, we’re thinking about buying a place. So we’re doing all [...]
When I started reading about retirement accounts like the 401(k) and the Roth IRA for the first time, I immediately became paranoid. Even though I was in my mid twenties, I was already nervous about retirement — it’s just the way I am. I mean, what would happen if I get to age 75 and [...]
Here is a good article discussing and debating the advantages and differences of a 401(k) retirement account and a Roth IRA.
I have both of these accounts but I am more into my Roth since I run it myself through Scottrade and it marked one of the first “big” things I did after becoming a financially-aware [...]
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