Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-25-2007, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 78
Re: Question about a \"financial advisor\"
If you want/need life insurance then go buy life insurance, but don’t treat it as an investment. Buying insurance and investing are two different things so you were right to be leery when someone...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-21-2007, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 147
Views: 559
Re: Ask me anything about your Credit Score
I’m pretty particular about keeping my credit cards paid off and current. However, according to my credit report in April of 2005 I was 30 days late on one of my credit cards. When it was a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-21-2007, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 57
Re: Bad timing to invest in mutual funds?
How long do you plan on keeping this money invested? Is it for retirment or will you want to use it in 2-5 years? If you'll need to use it in 2-5 years put it in something safer like a bond or MM. ...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-21-2007, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 60
Re: Buying call options
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Can someone briefly discuss how to buy call options. What are the best (cheap) brokerages that allow you to buy options. What are the advantages to buying options vs. common stock. How can...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-20-2007, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 141
Re: Gold and Silver - wise investment?
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I think the upside for gold is limited this year.
I don't think it will be up by more than 20% a year from now.
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Yeah, psshh, who'd want a measley 20% return in only a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-20-2007, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 141
Re: Gold and Silver - wise investment?
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I had a PM from a poster I respect on this forum saying silver and gold would do well. I spoke to my commodity trading friend who also said they would do well.
What type of returns...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-19-2007, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 82
Re: How much for normal savings?
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How much money do people keep in their savings accounts? I guess I'm in a bit of an odd situation in that I'm about at a break even point in my life financially. I'm back in school so my...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-18-2007, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 265
Re: Uranium hits a new all time high
Never heard of Bill O'Neil eh? The short version of the theory is it’s easier to buy a stock while it’s on its way up and momentum is on your side then it is to catch a falling knife.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-18-2007, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 63
Re: Diehards vs 2+2
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I posted on Vanguard Diehards and the responses that I received seemed to run counter to what I have learned on this site. First of all, a lot of the responses I received thought I was...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 84
Re: Overwhelmed
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This is the least sensible option. You need to view your tax efficient and tax inefficient accounts together. For sheltered accounts like IRAs, 401ks, etc., all things equal you want them...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 70
Re: offshore / swiss banks
What is your purpose for wanting a Swiss bank account? If you want one because you believe it is more private then a US bank account then what you want is known as a numbered account. Information...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 148
Re: how much to contribute to a SEP IRA
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...but you can't touch them until you are 59.5, without a 10% penalty. Isn't this a pretty significant downside?
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This is true for traditional IRAs…however if you have a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 281
Re: Should I buy a house?
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Situation: I'm 22 years old, out of college for 9 months, completely broke and want to buy a house.
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Then if they stop paying you, you kick them out...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 93
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 84
Re: Overwhelmed
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Ok, so say I like this. Further say that right now my assets are 3/4 in taxable accounts and 1/4 sheltered. Only the first four you listed are good for taxable accounts correct - so the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-17-2007, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 265
Re: Uranium hits a new all time high
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im putting as much as i can into uranium
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Sounds scary
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we are currently at the equivalent value of around $50/barrel of oil. it will rise another 50% and then...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-16-2007, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 61
Re: Saving plan
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I am prohibited by the SEC from investing in stocks.
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I assume you mean that you are prohibited from investing in individual stocks. The real questions are when will you...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-16-2007, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 136
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-16-2007, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 281
Re: Should I buy a house?
Renting to friends can be really tricky. How well do you know these friends? How do they typically treat their own stuff? If they abuse their own stuff it’s likely they may not treat your house as...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-12-2007, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 84
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-10-2007, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 49
Re: Joint Bank Account
I'm far from a tax expert, but it seems logical to me that even though it's a joint account as long as one of you pays the taxes I don't think it'll be a problem. Assuming you don't own your own...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-25-2007, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 65
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-25-2007, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 125
Re: Google stock
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I expect Yahoo to have a very big year.
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I agree Yahoo will do well but I believe Google will do as well if not better.
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There are basically two metrics in the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-23-2007, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 71
Re: Finding Quarterly Earnings Reports?
I used finance.google.com (http://finance.google.com) then just put in a stock ticker and scroll down a little and click the link I circled on the attached screen shot.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-23-2007, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 125
Re: Google stock
Actually from Jan 23rd 2006 to Jan 23rd 2007 GOOG has returned 12.5% and the S&P index from the same time period has returned 12.6% so I would hesitate to call 0.1% “much less then the market...
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