Important: I am not an economist or an investment advisor. Everything you read here is simply opinion based on my limited knowledge and (hopefully) a little common sense.
Lately, I have been hearing all kinds of advertisements for gold. Whenever my six year old sees those “cash for gold” commercials, she tells me to sell all [...]
I am really discouraged about my retirement savings.
I understand the importance of saving for retirement, but debt reduction is our number one priority right now.
My job has a great 5% matching program, but we are still almost living month to month and cannot seem to squeeze out the extra money necessary to enter this program.
I [...]
I am not a financial advisor, nor do I play one on the internet. So the following story is not necessarily an example for anyone to follow. In fact, you might find a conflicting piece of advice right here on this blog. The coming months and years will tell if I made the correct choice.
I cashed out one of my IRA accounts last [...]
It can be really intimidating to talk to a professional adviser sometimes. They know the lingo and you may not. And of all the confusing financial concepts, the relationship between bonds and interest rates can be uber-confusing.
It’s critical to understand this relationship for a few reasons:
I don’t want to be [...]
I don’t check my 401k balance often at all. I prefer not to stress about it and just let it grow. I’m investing for for the long haul and know that overtime my money will grow at a 10-15% increase. I do check it though. Mostly to see if I need to adjust my funds [...]
I received a letter from my employer the other day stating that they will begin offering a Roth 401k program in addition to our traditional 401k program beginning in 2009. I had read a little bit about them in the past, but decided since they were now an option for me to begin utilizing, I [...]
As many of you know, my day job is in the banking industry. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been slowly watching my companies stock plummet. It seems each day brings another significant drop. I don’t pay real close attention to my 401k balance. Typically, the only time I even look at it is [...]
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The following is a guest post by Becky at Family and Finances, a blog about finances and saving money. If you like this post, consider subscribing to her feed via RSS.
Remember the tech stock boom and, later, the bust? Doesn’t it bear some resemblance to the housing boom [...]
The stock market continues to be a concern with many people and as a result, one of the most popular search engine queries I get here on Gather Little by Little is “My 401k is losing money. What should I do?”
To be forthright, investing is not my area of expertise, and I prefer to let [...]
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This guest post is from Ryan at Millionaire Money Habits, a website dedicated to discussing how to build wealth and retire rich by developing the habits of self-made millionaires. Make sure you sign up for his RSS feed! If you are interested in writing a guest post to be featured [...]
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This is a guest article by Terry Sprouse, author of the book Fix em Up, Rent em out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up and Rental Business in Your Spare Time.. For more information on the fixer-upper house business visit his blog at www.fixemup.org. He was formerly a Peace [...]
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We had some friends over for dinner the other night. We try to get together with them about once a month. Pretty much every time they come over, Mike either asks me questions about his 401k or brings over some 401k paper work he needs some help with. Mike is [...]
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Moolanomy is doing a book giveaway this month and this article is my entry. I’d encourage you to share your story, even if you don’t have any experience. As you’ll read, I don’t have much either.
You have until November 30th! Don’t have a blog? No problem, head over to [...]
This article is just one of more than 14,000 blog articles being published on the internet today as part of Blog Action Day. The entire M-Network is participating and writing articles to participate in this incredible effort.
There are many ways you can make a difference in the environment and make your money greener including [...]
I received in a great question from a new reader yesterday, and frankly it’s one I struggled with a bit when I first put my Net Worth statement together:
I just discovered your site, and it looks as if it’s going to be very useful to
me. There is just one thing I need to clarify: how [...]
