‘Investing for Retirement’ Archives
How to Start Investing with an IRA
In a previous article, I wrote about Saving & Investing for Retirement. In that article, I wrote that the three investing accounts you need were a 401(k) plan, an IRA and a taxable account. Like the three legs of a stool. Your 401(k) is handled at your place of [Read More]
The Lost Decade for Stock Investors
There is something important that is being discussed in the financial press at this time. The year 2010 began about a week ago, which brings to a close the first decade of the 21st century. So people are tallying up the results for this past decade. And the results [Read More]
What is Saving & Investment?
I once saw a bit of graffiti written on a wall that said “Jesus Saves.” Underneath it, some wag had scrawled “Moses Invests.” What is saving? What is investing? Saving is when you spend less than you earn. Investing is how you take your savings and [Read More]
Saving & Investing for Retirement
In another article I wrote about the importance of saving. Some of the things we talked about saving for was to build an emergency fund, to buy a new car, and for the down payment on a house. The only thing that I deferred discussing was saving for retirement. Here is that [Read More]
2009 Investment Returns by Stylebox
2009 Investment returns for stocks and bonds by stylebox [Read More]
2008 Investment Returns by Stylebox
2008 Investment returns for stocks and bonds by stylebox [Read More]
