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group name: selfdirectedinfo
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May 14, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
I met a friend for drinks yesterday. She left her job several months ago, and with no job replacement in near term, is cashing out her 401(k) rather than rolling it over to an IRA. For her and her money . . . more
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July 02, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
Today shares of General Motors Corp. stocks plunged to the lowest level since September 1954. It's a rude awakening for a stock long listed as "blue chip," and one that's . . . more
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April 30, 2008 12:51 AM EDT --
It's really no surprise that home prices measured by Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities fell at a record clip in February . We pretty much knew that was . . . more
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April 04, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
An individual made a contribution for 2007, in March of 2008. He now realizes that it created an excess contribution and wants to know if his custodian can adjust it to a 2008 contribution. The answer . . . more
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May 21, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
Want two bangs for your stimulus check bucks? You could have it deposited along with your refund directly into your IRA or other tax-favored retirement accounts. (Note that, if you elected for your refund . . . more
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October 25, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
With nearly one-third of U.S. investors between 50 and 64 years of age, the Securities and Exchange Commission sees a lot of financial abuses of this group - approximately 5 million each year.
With . . . more
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August 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
I've been watching my "necessary evils" stock portfolio climb in recent months. American-made cigarettes, beer, and liquor are on the upswing.
I credit it to two things: people . . . more
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August 27, 2008 04:12 PM EDT --
The Office of the Attorney General has settled its three-year investigation into CitiBank's handling of customer over-payments and refunds, securing refunds for 53,000 affected CitiBank creditcard . . . more
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August 08, 2008 07:58 PM EDT --
Sometimes it takes a state the size of California to set off nationwide change. Let's hope its plan to automate IRA enrollment gets the same reception. California's plan would create state-managed . . . more
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May 01, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
RISMEDIA, May 2008 -- Despite the shakeup in many sectors of the mortgage industry, demand for real estate financing will remain strong through the third quarter of 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers . . . more
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
It's safe to assume that the investments in your defined-benefit plan are a determining factor in how well you can retire. What's surprising is both how much and when those investments have an . . . more
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July 16, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
Do you know that you can use your 401(k), without using it up? Apparently about 45 percent of employees leaving 401(k)-generating jobs don't. A study by HR consulting firm Hewitt . . . more
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March 28, 2008 06:08 PM EDT --
While banks make $25 to $40 on every payment they run through your account after it's over drawn, you're left holding the bag -- at a time when you didn't have enough money to begin with. . . . more
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November 28, 2007 02:42 PM EST --
THE HOUSING HUBBUB has a sunny lining for Gatherer's looking for a new place to call home . Home prices have fallen most sharply in the Sunbelt cities, marking a buyer's market for . . . more
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December 12, 2007 09:42 PM EST --
Okay, here's the story:
I bought a Kindle bookreader. Then I got one as a gift. Being busy, I FINALLY got around to selling it. Well, guess what? The thing sold out at Amazon and none will be in . . . more
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . . more
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December 28, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
As Jan. 1 rapidly approaches, I sit down to carve out my goals for the coming year. My goals run the gamut from finally wrapping up all of the projects I've started to getting my house (financially . . . more
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September 21, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I returned to work today after four days of intense training at the National Press Foundation on "Retirement Issues in the 21st Century." What a whirlwind! As such, I've developed this photo . . . more
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