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Inside Stable Value Funds
At least until recently, just about every investment in your 401k has let you down amid the wholesale market meltdown — except one. Stable value funds have lived up to their name so far. But just so you know, they aren't risk-free. So, trust but verify... Until stocks turned around...
Tags: Fund, 401(k) Plan, Bond, Lehman Brothers Inc., Insurance Company, Bankruptcy, MoneyWatch, State Street, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Investment, Insurance, Personal Finance, Litigation, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Stable Value Fund, Lehman, State Street Boston, Wrap Contracts, Safe Investment, Crediting Rate, Income Stream, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-03-16
Budgeting Wisely, Investing Carefully
At 24, Molly Laurain is making a good salary, but she spends most of what she earns. And that?s not going to help her pay for graduate school. Here?s how she can save money, invest it wisely, and keep her options open if she decides to go for a master?s...
Tags: Budgeting, Savings, Mutual Fund, Roth IRA, MoneyWatch, Molly, Retirement Plans, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Taxes, 401(k), Free Trade, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Financial Services, Finance, Financial Planning, Investing, Molly Laurain, Human Capital, Real Estate Development, Gary Schatsky, Smartypig, Education, Roth IRA Withdrawal, Vanguard Star Fund, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-11-10
Escaping the Two-House Cash Crunch
A dual-home lifestyle seemed quite manageable back when they had about $1.5 million in savings and retirement funds. But the market freefall and a loss of about $800,000 have forced the Radoseviches to reconsider their plans. The dual-home lifestyle seemed quite manageable back when they...
Tags: Stock, Wisconsin, MoneyWatch, Retirement Fund, Sherry, Mortgages, Social Security, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Real Estate, Taxes, Investment, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Home, Second Home, House, Housing, Snowbird, Rent, Own, Retirement, Budgeting, Radosevich, Real Life, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-24
Rehabilitating a Lopsided Portfolio
When the Radoseviches began phasing into retirement in 2006, their portfolio was worth about $1.5 million. Not anymore. Don, like everyone else, was enthralled by the stock market’s seemingly unstoppable surge in value in the past 20 years. He recalls, with something like nostalgia, that “from 1990 to 2000, everything...
Tags: Annuity, Stock, Tax, MoneyWatch, Radoseviches, IRA, Don, Sherry, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Investment, Finance, Manitowoc Company, Portfolio, ETF, LQD, VBMFX, Indexed Annuity, Asset Allocation, Retirement Portfolio, Investing, Investments, Radosevich, Real Life, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-24
In Retirement: Manage Your Money in a Post-Crash World
Real Life: The RadosevichesDon and Sherry Radosevich didn't want to plant themselves in one place when they retired. Their plan was to spend springs and summers in their four-bedroom ranch house in Wisconsin and then, when the weather turned frigid, escape to their condo in Florida. The day after Sherry's...
Tags: Retirement, Financial, Stock, Wisconsin, MoneyWatch, Radoseviches, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Investment Losses, Overextended, Real Estate, Saving Money, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-24
Boost Your Income on the Verge of Retirement
Before the recession stormed in, Dan and Barbara Hoffa could see nothing but smooth sailing ahead. But now Dan is unemployed, Barbara's income has been slashed, and their comfortable $2 million nest egg has been crushed. Dan plans to file for Social Security in August 2010, when he...
Tags: Job, Portland, Income, Health Care, Worker, MoneyWatch, Social Security Now Dan, Social Security, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Government, Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Job loss, place4students.com, Boarder, Withdrawing funds, Job search, Retirement Income, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-15
How to Restore a Devastated Nest Egg
Dan and Barbara Hoffa felt a lot wealthier in 2007 than they do today. The market's plunge vaporized half of the Hoffas' portfolio, reducing their total liquid assets to about $900,000, a little more than half of which is arrayed in 401ks and a Roth IRA. ...
Tags: Bond, Stock, Bond Fund, MoneyWatch, Hoffas, Dan, Investment, Finance, Retirement investments, 401(k), Roth IRA, Growth-and-income funds, Cash cushion, Laddered CDs, Asset allocation, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-15
Help an Elderly Parent Without Going Broke
There’s a name for the Hoffas and the growing number of people facing the same challenge: the Sandwich Generation. Not only are they raising children, but they are also caring for elderly parents. In the Hoffas’ case, the good news is that their children are through college, and the...
Tags: Patient, Income, MoneyWatch, Hoffas, Dan, Adult Family Home, Healthcare, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Elderly parent, Aging Parents, Housing counselor, In-home care, COPES, Elder law lawyer, Geriatric care manager, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-15
College Kids and Credit Cards: What Every Parent Needs to Know
The plastic providers have one more chance to lure in college students before next year's law prevents them. Here's how to make your kid "card smart." The era of “No Student Left Behind: Credit Card Edition” will come to an end early next year, thanks to the new credit...
Tags: Card, Credit Card, Credit History, Student, MoneyWatch, College Kid, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Payment, Credit.com, Gerri Detweiler, Wells Fargo, Discover, Debit Card, Sallie Mae, Bankrate.com, Greg McBride, Stacey Bradford, Family Finance, MoneySmart, Adam Levin, Credit Unions, Credit Score, Credit Report, Identity Theft, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-10
Your 40s: Time To Focus on the Financial Future
Real Life: The KazanjiansIt quickly becomes apparent from conversation with John Kazanjian that he has an entrepreneur?s spirit and a missionary?s heart. A 48-year-old father of five, he owns and operates two successful businesses in the university town of Ann Arbor, Michigan: John?s Pack & Ship and Busybody's Student Laundry....
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Kazanjians, Financial Accounting, Finance, College Savings, Second Home, Family Finances, Retirement, Real Estate, Real Life, Mutual Funds, Vacation Home, Kazanjian, Michelle, John, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-04
Catch Up on College Savings
With no college savings plan in place for their younger daughters, John and Michelle Kazanjian need to start investigating scholarships and community colleges. Fortunately for their parents, the older Kazanjian girls have won generous grants:...
Tags: College, Scholarship, MoneyWatch, Community College, Kazanjian, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, 529 Plan, Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid.org, FastWeb.com, College Savings, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-04
Coping with Real Estate's New Reality
The Kazanjians' second home in Florida has become a costly drain on their resources. The short answer: It doesn’t. While there are a lot of...
Tags: House, Florida, MoneyWatch, Kazanjians, Real Estate, Business Operations, Second Home, Kazanjian, Rental Market, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-04
Get Serious About Investing
John and Michelle Kazanjians' investments are scattered among a hodgepodge of funds and stocks. They need a systematic, disciplined strategy. The owner of two Ann Arbor, Michigan, businesses for college students — a packing and shipping firm and a laundry service — John has another $42,000 in six mutual...
Tags: Asset, Stock, Mutual Fund, Health Care, MoneyWatch, Jill Schlesinger, Mutual Funds, Investment, Retirement Plans, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Investing, Retirement, Index Funds, Automatic Investing, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-09-04
Here Come the "Safe" Stock Funds
As sure as rain begets mudslides, the bear market has spawned a menagerie of new "safe" equity investments. But only one is worth a cautious try. ...
Tags: Strategy, Fund, Annuity, Stock, Return, Stock Fund, MoneyWatch, Market-Neutral Funds, Absolute-Return Funds, EIA, Investment, Personal Finance, Insurance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Equity-Indexed Annuities, Mutual Fund, Barbara Bedway, Morningstar, National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
Articles 2009-05-28
How to Pay for Graduate School
Molly Laurain faces a tough decision in a delicate economy: Pursue a graduate degree to boost her credentials in a tight job market or hang onto the job she has? We show her how to make that decision, and explain how to pay for school should she ? or you...
Tags: Job, School, Payment, MoneyWatch, Molly Laurain, Mark Kantrowitz, Molly, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Finance, Gary Schatsky, Stafford Loan, Grad PLUS Loan, Columbia University, Grad School, Tuition, Student Loan, Barbara Bedway
Articles 2009-11-10
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