A fund of funds is a type of mutual fund that is made up of other mutual funds (and occasionally ETF’s). Similar to a book that is a collection of poems. You get a bunch of different poems in one book. Why Fund of Funds Exist These funds were designed to make investing easier by [...]
What is 401K Vesting
Target Date Funds and Your Retirement Money

Picking the right selection of mutual funds for your retirement plan can be an intimidating task. The options seem to be endless and in a foreign language. Then you spot it: the Target Date Fund for your retirement year. Could this be the answer to your problem? Before you jump right in, let’s take a [...]
What is a Roth IRA
What is a Ticker Symbol
The Skinny on an IRA
The term IRA gets tossed around when talking about investments, but have you every wondered what exactly an IRA is? The letters in IRA stand for Individual Retirement Account. An IRA is not actually an investment, such as a stock or a bond is an investment. Instead an IRA is an account where you hold [...]
When Should I Invest In the Stock Market
How to Create Your Own 401K
We all need to save for retirement, what the government offers for social security just is not enough to cover all of our expenses and emergencies in retirement. Unfortunately not all of us are lucky enough to have an employer who offers a 401(K) or even a pension. So how do you go about saving [...]
Are you Investing with Your Intuition
Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and ignorant when you look at investing information? It can be very overwhelming. There seems to be a never ending amount of information. What if I told you that you could get to a point where you felt like you just had a “feeling” you were picking the right [...]
I was Eavesdropping – Guess What I Heard

I like to eavesdrop. Especially in coffee shops and restaurants. Why? Because this is where many financial planners like to meet prospective clients and I love to hear what they have to say. This weekend I had the opportunity to overhear the sales tactic that makes me the maddest, and is used way too often. [...]



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