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Stock Market in Review – May 28, 2010

Cover of Europe The last two weeks have been tumultuous for the stock market to say the least. Many analysts even think that this might be a “double dip” into recession. I don’t think this is likely, but the market has finally realized that we are not clear from the recession by any means – [...]

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Should you invest in Gold?

Image by dieselbug2007 via Flickr Over the past few years, the stock market has been tanking. All the while, Gold has been going up and up, seemingly without limit. So why not invest a larger portion of your portfolio in gold?  After all, traditional wisdom says that the stock market and gold are negatively correlated [...]

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Economic Outlook (Guest Post)

Image by artemuestra via Flickr The following post was written by Thomas King, a CPA and financial planner based in Kansas City.  The following letter was sent to his clients last week, and he allowed us to repost it in its entirety. These views are not necessarily reflective of his firm, CBIZ. As you are [...]

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The Power of Compounding (and saving now)

Image by Beatriz AG via Flickr Two Hypotheticals: Planning for a Rainy Day In scenario 1, you invest 5 grand at the end of each year for the next 10 years. After 10 years, you don’t invest a dime until you retire (at the end of year 30). Thus, you’ve invested $50,000 total. In scenario [...]

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Information Overload – What are some good index funds?

Image by Getty Images via Daylife How do you decide what stocks to purchase? Which index funds are the best? The problem with finance isn’t the lack of information but rather that there is too much of it. The paradox of choice overwhelms us and in the end, we do nothing, and stick with the [...]

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Why Investing Is Valuable

Image via Wikipedia Everyone knows that you should invest your money in the stock market, but not a lot of newbies understand a lot of the rationale.  Thus, here’s a little investing 101 seminar. Risk/Reward To simplify, the riskier something is, the better the payout should be. For instance, winning the lottery is such a [...]

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