Posted on May 28th, 2008 by vLogged
Whenever I meet clients, I can safely assume that they are confused between Traditional and Roth IRA. Actually, most of the times it’s safe to assume that they wouldn’t know the difference between the two. Generally speaking, a Traditional IRA is where before-tax dollars are contributed (which, at time of withdrawal, are subjected to tax) [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by vLogged
Protecting your assets is the top concern of everyone. Everyone has their own definition of this wretched word – ‘Risk’. Bottom line is that everyone is afraid of losing their money when it comes down to investment assets. The truth is that this definition takes a whole new meaning depending upon your current stage in [...]
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Posted on May 10th, 2008 by vLogged
In order to reduce the tax burden that small businesses may suffer from, it is vital for the owners to be aware of the latest reforms which can help them avail tax reliefs. Several aspects of the tax legislation help provide relief to small businesses. The categories which include reduction and aid include returns on [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by vLogged
Postponing Social Security until age 70 makes a great deal of sense for most healthy, married Americans that can do without the income. Of course, there are numerous exceptions and before postponing your benefits you should seek professional guidance. Obviously most haven’t because about two-thirds of current Social Security recipients started taking benefits before their [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by vLogged
As every other investor, you are probably looking for the most time efficient way to make money. Hedge may be the way to go provided you have a bit of extra money to spend.
Alfred Jones (the father of unorthodox investment techniques) developed the first hedge funds. Selling short stocks while buying long stocks was one [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by vLogged
Out of all the new financial blogs cropping up everywhere in the Blogosphere, Rapid Random is the one which caught my eye. This was because of its post about ‘Tax Rebate Checks for late filers’ which states that people who missed their initial deadline of 15th April can still get ‘a-little-bit-of-money-back’. Being in-the-loop I always [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by vLogged
I wish I had a future telling mirror which never spoke…
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Posted on March 18th, 2008 by vLogged
Protecting your assets is the top concern of everyone. Everyone has their own definition of this wretched word – ‘Risk’. Bottom line is that everyone is afraid of losing their money when it comes down to investment assets. The truth is that this definition takes a whole new meaning depending upon your current stage in [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2008 by vLogged
I see this quite often at my company. Potential clients who come to our office are looking for a quick solution for their pension plan. And it’s often in this haste, that they completely overlook SIPP when it’s advised to them. Mostly because they are unable to comprehend the difference between a traditional pension plan [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 by vLogged
This is an amazing book by John Bogle which I found online a couple of days ago when I was researching for my presentation. Read the following about this book which you can buy from Amazon.
Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for the long term is [...]
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