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| rick++ |
 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:42 pm |
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Quote: rick++ schrieb:
A 60-40 balanced fund is pretty safe.
I've had one for the past 15 years thats gone up about five times.
It lags stock booms, but outperforms dips.
How did you mean 60-40 balanced fund?
60% stocks / 40 % bonds ?
Yes. You can cut taxes by buying a total market index fund
and total bond bund in those proportions. Index funds have minimal
selling (taxed). You just put your periodic contribution in whichever
fundi s falling behind to maintain the balance. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:27 pm |
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Sandra Loosemore <sandra@frogsonice.com> writes:
Quote: articles and columns. Other people here have said that the "Investing
for Dummies" book is very good, but I can't vouch for that myself.
Actually, I'd generally recommend starting with Personal Finance
for Dummies by Eric Tyson. The beginning investor usually needs
to assess his bigger picture first and that's what that book's
about. It's also got excellent sections on mutual funds, finding
a financial planner if necessary, etc.
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| Elle |
| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:15 am |
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mscsrrr.com , as Sandra L. pointed out at one point, start
by getting a handle on the meaning of "asset allocation."
See the links at
http://home.earthlink.net/~elle_navorski/id8.html for some
quick and interactive and so kinda fun tools to introduce
you to this concept. Note that the tools assume one is
investing for the long run. Next you need to start asking
"Why allocate?" and "Why invest for the long run?" Ask here
or google or both. Certainly lurk here for the coming
months, since your type of question comes up here a lot.
No stocks for you for at least a year. During this year,
keep reading. I like joetaxpayer's reading list at
http://www.joetaxpayer.com/book.html . A lot of these books
you can skim or read from somewhat at random at night after
work.
In the future, giving your age, debts, current income and
job prospects, to name a few parameters, would be helpful.
Next people will want to know if you have a 401(k) through
your employer, have started an IRA, are married, have kids,
have insurance, etc. These are important issues to explore
so as to achieve financial security and so peace of mind. |
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