Stock Market

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Just say “no” again!

Earlier this week, I posted an article on the necessity of saying “no” to certain things that are detrimental to your goals. Joe, over at Personal Finance by the Book, has a similar article discussing how saying “no” will impact your life and your finances. With the up and down ride the stock market has [...]

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The benefit of remaining calm

Earlier this week I mentioned the stock market being up 2000 points and how we were committed to our current investment plan. Yesterday, we received our May statement for our Roth IRA and received a very nice surprise. I have posted before how we have consistently contributed to our Roth IRAs and my 401k even [...]

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Is that a light I see?

Rally or Trap? Every investor currently in the market has been pleasantly surprised with the 1500 point increase (as of this post) we have enjoyed over the last seven weeks. Many are beginning to whisper ever so quietly around the water cooler about the end of the Bear Market. Is is possible that the worst [...]

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Should I get out of the Stock Market?

One of my most memorable moments with my wife was a date to an amusement park before we got married. We were standing in line to ride a roller coaster and as we made our way to the front of the line, the young man in charge stopped us and informed us we would have [...]

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How to recognize a normal stock market

Average doesn’t mean Normal We have all read or heard someone say that the stock market averages 11% a year. Unfortunately, not everyone understands what that means. According to merriam-webster.com, the word average is defined as: a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set [...]

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I want my 401(k) back!

I think everyone will agree that 2008 was not a good year for the stock market, retirement accounts (including 401k’s and IRA’s) or just about anything else where savings or investing was concerned. The Dow Jones lost more than 33% over the last 12 months and that number has been the focus of a lot [...]

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