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Dollar Cost Averaging

by Alan on November 20, 2009

While we’re on an investing kick this week I thought I should bring up one of the more fundamental ideas of investing, and that is dollar cost averaging. New investers tend to look at performance charts and dream big about buying low and selling high. But it’s impossible to “time the market”. A better strategy [...]

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Your Investment Options

by Alan on November 18, 2009

Yesterday I had a reader ask what his investment options were. After asking him to reconsider his current debt and income, he came to realize he wasn’t ready to invest at this time. But that doesn’t mean you are in the same place as he is, financially. So, today I decided to run down some [...]

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Is Now the Right Time to Invest?

by Alan on November 17, 2009

The following email was sent in by Freelance Finances reader Zack. I’ve edited out some of the personal details and shortened other sections for reprinting purposes:
Hello, my name is Zack. I’m 18. I recently left college so I’m currently $5,500 in debt from student loans, and now in order to keep up I have to [...]

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