IRAs

The Differences Between a Traditional and Roth IRA

October 5, 2010

You may already know that IRA stands for Individual Retirement Arrangement (it was formerly called an Individual Retirement Account). It’s a special tax-advantaged investment vehicle that’s available to the vast majority of Americans. But do you know whether a traditional or a Roth IRA is best for you? I’ll explain the basic differences between the [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Investing in Mutual Funds

September 15, 2010

Everyone’s heard of mutual funds. They’re companies that pool money from many individual and institutional investors to buy and sell a variety of securities and assets, such as stocks, bonds, money markets, real estate, and precious metals. A mutual fund’s holdings are called its portfolio and each investor owns shares, which are a portion of [...]

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IRAs, Home Theaters, and Sicilian Graveyards

April 26, 2010

Are you like me? Do you experience night terrors about your parents moving in with you because they have failed to set up any kind of retirement plan? Does your spouse have to wake you in the middle of the night to assure you that your father-in-law is not in the kitchen scrambling eggs in [...]

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