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Schwab’s Commission-Free ETF’s: This Changes Everything

Posted by helen 921 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: etf\'s schwab schb schx scha schf
Schwab has changed everything by offering commission-free ETF's. Now I can invest through dollar cost averaging without losing all my profits to tr[...] read more »
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The End of Conspicuous Consumption? QVC vs. S&P 500

Posted by helen 935 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: qvc recession linta
Sales at QVC are holding up remarkably well despite the recession. Looks like we're doing a little shopping therapy. read more »
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Dollar Cost Averaging: Useful Tool, Bad Idea, or Marketing Gimmick

Posted by helen 955 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: dollar cost averaging strategies
Put your thought into what to invest in and worry less about when to invest in it. Periodic investing puts your investing on profitable autopilot. read more »
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“Honey, Does This Tax Rate Make Me Look Fat?”

Posted by helen 962 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: massachusetts property tax rates
A look into the relationship between property tax rates and property values in Massachusetts. read more »
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What is Risk?

Posted by helen 972 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: risk volatility vfinx pttdx
One important measure of the riskiness of a stock (or mutual fund) is: How much does its value change relative to other stocks? read more »
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Let’s Hear It For Camp Winnebucca!

Posted by helen 994 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: tax credit summer camp
You can claim the cost of your child’s summer camp as a dependent care expense if... read more »
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Janus Funds: New Expense Ratio “Limits”

Posted by helen 995 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: jns mutual fund expense ratio
The fine print on Janus' new expense ratio "limits" shows that they are toothless. read more »
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The Gold Star Portfolio

Posted by helen 1005 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: low risk five star morningstar funds
Good portfolio: Relatively low risk and relatively high return. read more »
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Places to Retire with Low Income Taxes

Posted by helen 1010 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirement low taxes
Good summary of low-tax places to retire. read more »
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Folding money

Posted by helen 1010 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: moneygami money art
If you're struggling to master the art of money, take a break and enjoy money as art. read more »
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The three-minute portfolio

Posted by helen 1016 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: index funds vfinx simple portfolios
Getting started with an investment portfolio doesn’t need to be difficult. The following steps will take you to a solid, low-cost, easy-to-maintain [...] read more »
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Avoid Lifestyle Inflation: Create an Artificial Sense of Scarcity

Posted by nickel 1016 days ago, popular 1016 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: frugality investing saving
Lifestyle inflation is a huge threat to your financial well-being. Unless you’re exceptionally well-disciplined, it’s very difficult to keep your spe[...] read more »
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Video: Stimulus funds target geothermal energy

Posted by MediaMan 1017 days ago (http://marketnewslive.blogspot.com)
Category: Videos | Tags: energy renewables stimulus geothermal
'The Geysers' - a 40-square-mile steam field just north of San Francisco produces a portion of energy for California's residents. It's a small op[...] read more »
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A Changing Relationship With Money

Posted by BuckWeber 1017 days ago (http://thebucklist.blogspot.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money relationship
With us financially secure enough, and with my wife’s blessings, I set off to find out if I could make money without a job. read more »
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Benchmarks behaving badly

Posted by helen 1026 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: google yahoo fmagx misleading graphs
Graphs at Google Finance and Yahoo! Finance of mutual fund's value over time are wrong. They do not include capital gains distributions. Totally w[...] read more »
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