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Sick of the “Joneses”? Take the test to see if you ARE a “Joneses” family and don’t know it…

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Photo by: jurvetsonSo I’ve written and re-written this post about 15 different times, but figure the best way is to just start at the start - What am I talking about? What is ANYONE talking about when they say “keeping […]

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Am I off my rocker or are food prices going up faster than anything else?

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I was brought up cutting coupons out of every paper we had. I was even encouraged to get coupons from my friends family newspapers (to some discomfort and embarrassment) if they weren’t going to use them. I have […]

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What is the difference between a taxable and a non-taxable investment account?

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Good Morning Hank,
I was reading this article from Morningstar and they said in it: “Mutual funds are required by law to pass along any income and capital gains they’ve earned throughout the year. These distributions typically take place near year end, and […]

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What is a target date mutual fund and should I use it?

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Hank - I have a few “target date” mutual funds in my 401k plan from Fidelity. They are:
Fidelity Freedom 2010 FFFCX
Fidelity Freedom 2015 FFVFX
Fidelity Freedom 2020 FFFDX
Fidelity Freedom 2025 FFTWX
Fidelity Freedom 2030 FFFEX
Fidelity Freedom 2035 FFTHX
Fidelity Freedom 2040 FFFFX
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Are ours kids investing? CNN says not with recent poll…

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I came across and interesting CNN article the other day that mentioned younger people were not getting involved in their company 401k or equivalent retirement plans. It’s a shame too because they’re missing out on using the #1 secret to investing. […]

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Weekly Roundup #8 (December 8, 2007)

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Where does the time go in a week? Seems like just yesterday AGLOCO called it quits - Hm, oh yea, I guess it did. Or how about the weather we’d had up here in the Pacific Northwest? But we’ve […]

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What is the difference between a Savings account and an MMA (Money Market Account)?

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Sorry I’m behind on a few of the readers requests, it has been a busy month for sure! But this was a fairly straight forward answer to Ben.
Hi Hank - You have posted a few times about the high yield savings […]

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AGLOCO is calling it quits -

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So I found this in my email today:
Subject: AGLOCO Update Notice
From:”AGLOCO.com Service” <emailservice@agloco.com>
Date:Wed, Dec 12, 2007 11:57 pm
To:hank
Dear Hank,
 
    We would like to update you on the status of AGLOCO’s operations.  We continue to believe in the AGLOCO concept, but our revenue is currently […]

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December 1, 2007 balance sheet with new format…

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Looks like we’re down on a few categories since October… …including income. But this is a new format starting this month. I was able to get ahold of my payments and statements back until May, but that is […]

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