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> <channel><title>Gather Little by Little - Personal Finance with a Christian Perspective &#187; Investing</title> <atom:link href="http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/category/investing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com</link> <description>Proverbs 13:11 - &#34;...he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.&#34;</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Investing Baby Steps #2: Different Investing Strategies for Beginners Part 2</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/investing-baby-steps-2-different-investing-strategies-for-beginners-part-2/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/investing-baby-steps-2-different-investing-strategies-for-beginners-part-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investment Thursdsays]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2706</guid> <description><![CDATA[When we were just babies, we started to crawl in order to explore the &#8220;new world&#8221;. After a while, we noticed that there was more &#8220;out there&#8221; and we started to think about a way to go faster and further during our exploration. Then one magical day we decided to stand up on our 2 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/01/investing-baby-steps-1-know-who-you-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why I will probably never buy gold</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/10/why-i-will-probably-never-buy-gold/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/10/why-i-will-probably-never-buy-gold/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2158</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/09/thoughts-about-saving-for-retirement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I cashed out my SIMPLE IRA</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/04/i-cashed-out-my-simple-ira/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/04/i-cashed-out-my-simple-ira/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=1485</guid> <description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/04/i-cashed-out-my-simple-ira/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>55</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Bonds Tank When Interest Rates Rise &#8211; And Why You Need To Understand</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/03/why-bonds-tank-when-interest-rates-rise/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/03/why-bonds-tank-when-interest-rates-rise/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:38:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>glblguy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=1462</guid> <description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s critical to understand this relationship for a few reasons: I don&#8217;t want to be the first to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/03/why-bonds-tank-when-interest-rates-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>401k is losing money &#8211; crash and burn</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/10/401k-losing-money/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/10/401k-losing-money/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:29:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>glblguy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[401k]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=1097</guid> <description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t check my 401k balance often at all. I prefer not to stress about it and just let it grow. I&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/10/401k-losing-money/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What is a Roth 401k?</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/09/what-is-a-roth-401k/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/09/what-is-a-roth-401k/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:22:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>glblguy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[401k]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=1016</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/09/what-is-a-roth-401k/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I&#039;m losing money in my 401k &#8211; Whoa!</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/07/losing-money-in-401k/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/07/losing-money-in-401k/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>glblguy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[401k]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category> <guid
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