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too late to sell now
sell in may and go away
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Dont even bother with EE bonds. Sell those and put the money into index ETF's (SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM)
Your overweight bonds in your mutual fund.
(We are at 30 year record low bond rates, near zero...
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I’m in my early 20’s and am looking to readjust my asset allocation. I’m currently putting 20% of my salary in a 401k (no match) and 10% in checking. I’m a bit worried I’m not saving enough because...
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Without stating your risk tolerance and investment goals all advice given is just someone else's fantasy what they'd do if they had your money.
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Thread created 06-01-2012 by wintersox
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On a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being not knowledgeable at all and 10 being you know everything there is to know about investing), how would you rank yourself?
On a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being not...
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Heard that one before. Repeatedly for the past 3 years, actually. I got $100 the yield on the 10-yr makes a sub 1% handle. 30-yr is at 2.5% and that could hit low two's. No one ever gives the central...
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With your age, play the odds and go with the highest risk funds. Also I would put 10% in GLD (that is the ticker).
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I dunno how safe 401k would be to invest in if you don't get matching. From my personal experience (I'm not very advanced as far as investing goes),but when the market took another dip few months to...
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A 401K is only a retirement account. You can allocate your money into a CD for example with no risk (for simplicity sake). You can take advantage of the matching programs and not put a single penny...
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Yes exactly. Very well said.
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Your kidding right? Bonds are at record high's, this is the best time to SELL any bonds/bond funds. Also, since equities are crushed makes it the best time to BUY the index's.
Maybe I shouldn't...