I got an email from a reader yesterday that asked:
“Hello Hank, I’ve been with my company for almost 20 years and I have over $1,000,000 in my 401k.  I am 45 years old and I have a house mortgage still of $295,000 for another 13 years paying about $2000 per month.  Would it make sense […]

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So I met with my Edward Jones rep 2 weeks ago and he informed me that my ROTH IRA is being invested 100% in NPFBX. Keep in mind, 9 months ago, my goal was to just get a ROTH IRA started again. Now that I’m a bit futher along in my […]

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I can almost guarantee that every person on the planet over the age of 15 has asked this question before. And there are a lot of answers for it that thousands (if not millions) of people will tell you how to spend your money if you don’t want to search for yourself. My […]

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I read an article today on Fool.com that discussed finding your “investing edge”.  It makes good sense.  With anyone in any profession they need to focus on one thing to put them ahead of the competition.  They mentioned Dennis Rodman who was an excellent basketball rebounder in his day.  He wasn’t a great shooter, or […]

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A caveat to personal finance blogging caught my eye today, GOVERNMENT finance blogging could be the next big thing, but more specifically the national debt.  This has always been something that has caught my eye and is just staggering what we’ve done to ourselves over the years, and more importantly, where we’re heading in the […]

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Well lets take a trip down memory lane for this week - what caught my eye in the past 7 days?
1.  Timothy Sykes talks his ”4 core stocks” strategy - it makes sense, maybe when I get around to diving in the individual stocks, I’ll hop back to this site - good info.
2.  FILAM  mentions the […]

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So in my quest for frugality, my brain will occasionally come up with something that makes my family laugh.  These ideas did:
1.  Don’t have stuffing with all the works - have a large plat of sod from the front lawn.  It’s already paid for, and likely has some flavoring already added!
2.  Instead of going to […]

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I got to thinking about this today after reading Hot Air’s post about how they had to pull a lottery game in the UK because the goal of the game was in reference to temperature; more specifically, negative numbers.  People were supposed to scratch the ticket and find if they had a lower number than […]

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This question is another tricky one because it depends on who is asking it. If you’re 18 and asking this question, well, I’d say you’re starting off right by asking, and if you are putting away 10% - even if you’re only making $20,000 per year, you’re saving $2,000/year and in 50 years you’d […]

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