Archive for April, 2007
Lifecycle Funds: Look But Don’t Touch
Lifecycle or target date funds are becoming more popular in retirement accounts. They provide a very easy way for investors to create a broad diversification of investments and an appropriate asset allocation for their age that rebalances accordingly. While they can be very helpful to investors, some people are not using them properly and could [...]
24 Signs That You Could be in Financial Trouble #18: Using One Credit Card to Make a Payment on Another
In this series I am covering the 24 tell-tale signs that you could be in financial trouble. Over the next few weeks I will be presenting these signs, how to identify them and tips on how to address the issue. The past few entries in this series have dealt with misuse of credit cards, and [...]
The Stock Market is the Engine of America’s Prosperity
I stumbled across an interesting cartoon this morning that I found entertaining and somewhat educational. It is a cartoon from 1952 entitled What Makes Us Tick and was produced by the New York Stock Exchange. It is an overview of the American stock market and how it fuels the economy. It does a pretty good [...]
April 13th Friday Five – Friday the 13th Edition
Happy Friday the 13th. The only thing scary about this particular Friday is that taxes are due in a few days. Hopefully you have already filed or applied for an extension. Here are some interesting posts from the past week: How Soon Can You Triple Your Money? – Well that depends. The Sun tells you [...]
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