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I paid my mortgage off as quickly as I could - not the wisest decision investment wise but I don't like owing money, especially to banks. I didn't have to stress when the economy tanked in 2008 which was a big relief.
These days I think I would re…
msf,
Sorry for the duplicate posts - don't know what I did!!
Thanks for your input - you raise some good points. I can't answer some of your questions such as how much she has to invest.
I got the impression from members of this site not to pay a…
I agree with the general view that, as cman put it, this planner sounds like a used car salesman. For two reasons: the annuity suggestion and more importantly the pressure to invest now.
However, I'm not ready to condemn the rest. Had the annui…
A friend recently decided she must do something investment wiseOAS she has had her money in CDs for years so she went to an advisor/planner. Her husband, my former best friend, died 6 years ago and she is alone.
She is 57, would like to retire in 1…
I didn't know much about Mr. Bogle until I watched this interview. He sounds like a honest man - I'd trust him as a planner. A nice change from the usual in this business.
Is he no longer involved with Vanguard? If not, does he oversee any other m…
There is a lot of good information here that I would normally have to pay for. I will study and chew on it for awhile as now I have an idea of options.
A big thanks to all of you!
Reply to @BobC: I don't know a lot about bonds but is it not true that if the Fed doesn't raise interest rates until mid 2015 at the earliest as they promised, bonds should be relatively safe depending on the type of funds one is in?
I'm in PTTRX an…
Reply to @SteveS:
This sounds great but.... since I am invested in rollover IRA's (all mutual funds), how can I invest in individual companies as you suggest?
Can you suggest any MFs that invest heavily in some of the companies you mention?
