Posted November 4, 2009 - 08:36 by Debbie Dragon
Personal Finance
Welcome to the November 4, 2009 Cavalcade of Risk — the How Much Assurance Does Your Insurance Offer edition! There were a large number of insurance related topics. Does that mean we're becoming more concerned about whether we have enough (or the right types) of insurance? Or was it just a coincidence? Whether you've got concerns about life insurance, car insurance, health insurance or business insurance — you can find information in this carnival.
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Posted October 9, 2009 - 08:00 by Stacy Johnson
Real Estate and Housing, Investment
For those who have a job, a healthy savings account and some optimism about the long-term, it doesn’t get any better than this. Opportunity in the form of lower prices doesn’t knock all that often: if you have the wherewithal, my advice is to answer the door.
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Posted September 23, 2009 - 08:00 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
With the stock market finally recovering to some degree this past month, even closing at highs for the year, a lot of investors may be breathing a sigh of relief about their stock investments. You may have checked your investment account recently and discovered your balance looking a bit healthier than it did several months ago. But given the volatility we've seen over the past year or so, can we really trust that the markets are reflecting a true recovery in our economy, or is this just a technical bounce?
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Posted July 29, 2009 - 12:00 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance
Your IRA and 401(k) (or 403(b) if you work for a non-profit) are great tools for deferring taxes, and have other advantages as well. But because they're labeled "retirement" accounts, people are much too likely to put the wrong investments in them. Here's how to use them correctly.
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Posted July 6, 2009 - 08:47 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
Some consider participating in the stock market as a form of gambling. While I agree that not everyone should be risking their money in certain investments, I believe that by taking on an extreme view against investing in general, you could be missing out on potential growth in your net worth.
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Posted June 4, 2009 - 17:12 by Andrea Dickson
Personal Finance
It's summer! It's warm and toasty! Kids are almost out of school! And bloggers are hard at work, ignoring the nice weather and unsupervised children, bringing you the best advice they have on earning, saving, investing, and enjoying the frugal life.
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Posted May 20, 2009 - 14:16 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
The stock market has experienced an unbelievable slump from a high of around 14,000 in the Dow Jones index sometime in 2007 all the way down to 8,000 last I checked. So as an investor, it's easy to fret over our portfolios especially when we hear a lot of investment "experts" declaring the "death" of the buy and hold strategy. Is it time to start listening to the critics of long term investing who are just now crawling out of the woodwork?
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Posted April 10, 2009 - 09:49 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
Where is the stock market headed? Any rally may simply be a "dead cat bounce". And while many investment experts are offering a variety of stock market predictions, some of those guesses will be wrong. But before you wonder who it is you should be listening to, know that there are ways to invest so that you aren't too vulnerable to market swings. Let's review some of those strategies here.
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Posted March 21, 2009 - 09:33 by Debbie Dragon
Personal Finance, Investment
Most definitions for “investing” indicate that the term is used to describe money that is invested with an expectation of profit. This definition determines that an investment doesn't necessarily need an element of risk in order to be considered investing, even though many people fear investing because of the risk of losing their money.
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Posted March 8, 2009 - 22:30 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Personal Finance
As the economic crisis deepens, I'm seeing more people beginning to challenge the conventional wisdom espoused in personal finance. Given how financially difficult things have become for so many, more and more people I know are questioning the tenets of solid personal finance, at least the way I've come to embrace it. Has this crisis changed your mind about how to manage your money?
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