And the final piece (Parts 1 and 2) to this investing saga, which I 100% am comfortable with comes now.  I am completely on board with Charles Schwab.  I like their fundamentals, and the way they “pull back the curtain”.  They tell me how they make money off me and don’t try to put me into funds I […]

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As per the Million Dollar Journey blog, it has gone from 0-1200 in 1 years time. That’s pretty impressive I’d say. I’m in month 3 and sitting at about 50 loyal readers and just passed 100 page views a day. Not a bad pace, and I imagine the numbers grow a lot […]

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In keeping with the flow of the conversation (Part one can be found here) - things have been a pretty good road so far on it. I like the speed at which the rep is getting back on my questions from Charles Schwab, and I’m about a day or 2 away from opening up […]

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So after writing about how my Edward Jones ROTH IRA was invested in “B shares” of NFPBX and no response back from my Edward Jones rep questioning him if I could get out without paying the 5% deferred load or reallocate the funds elsewhere, I figured it was time to do something about it, and […]

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It’s good to have an Emergency Fund in your investing matrix, but where should you put that money? I’ve had a few readers ask the same question and I’m at the stage now where I’m ready to start moving some money from my checking to a high yield Savings/MMA account, but where do I look? […]

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More readers requests - This is a good one though because I’ve wondered this one myself at one time…
Hello there Hank - I’m trying to find out a good place to stash my Emergency Fund to get the best interest rate, but all the sites have both APY and APR listed.  What is the difference?  […]

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I wrote last month about my bad decisions I’ve made investing, and the more I think about it, the more I have. So let’s pick up where I left off:
7. “Investing in Life Insurance” is officially a bad decision. I’ve basically had a savings account with my Universal Life Policy for the […]

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Short answer, yes.
I was considering just leaving this at that, but I figured I’d add a few extra lines to better seal the deal. So in writing My Edward Jones ROTH IRA account is invested in B shares - Is that good? I researched that same question because I was fed up with getting […]

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We had severe flooding in the neighborhood this week, schools were shut down, roads were closed, and a lot of people were out of their homes… It wasn’t a very nice week, but the rain has stopped and things seem to be drying up again. Fortunately for me I live on a hillside so […]

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