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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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Know Your Retirement Accounts

by Alan on November 19, 2009

Today I wanted to discuss the two most popular retirement accounts, their advantages and disadvantages, and why you should care.
We’re going to look at the 401(k) retirement account, which is typically available to those working for bigger businesses and corporations, and the Roth IRA retirement account, which is typically used by self-employed or freelancing workers. [...]

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