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Referral Bonus |
| Earn bonus just by spreading the word about our signal subscriptions! You'll get rewarded not only from your friend’s paid subscriptions but also from your friend's referrals' subscriptions. |
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How Do I Start Saving for Retirement? |
| This article answers the challenge faced by any young person who wants to begin saving for their retirement but doesn't understand finance and investing. |
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Our Simple Retirement Principles |
| A principle is something that is fundamental to our character. As such it drives our behavior. Investing for your retirement is not difficult but it must be approached seriously. We believe these principles reflect the proper character to succeed. |
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Individual Funds We Use |
| This selection of funds contains only those funds that are based on a well established Index that can be accurately monitored and long-term trends analyzed. |
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Growth Portfolios |
| ETF Portfolios and Trading Strategies for Growth |
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IRA Portfolios |
| Personal IRA Portfolios and 401k Rollover to IRA |
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401k or 403b Portfolios |
| We suggest this balanced strategy for managing your simple 401k or 403b allocations in an employer's plan. |
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June-2010 |
| The downturn the first week in May corrected itself by the second week but then reversed to continued a downward trend for the rest of the month. This trend was true for all the markets we follow with European and Emerging markets faring the worst. |
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Simple Investing for Simple Living |
| Few would argue that today's financial products and choices are not overwhelmingly complicated. The first question that must be answered is, "Can investing ever be simple?" We think the answer is "Yes"! |
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How Much to Invest in Your 401k? |
| Investing in a 401k plan requires you decide how much to invest in your self directed plan. Because of the tax consequences you should make that decision carefully. The money you invest is not easy to get before the age of 59 1/2. |
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Help Me! |
| What to do if you know nothing about investing for retirement. We explain the basics in very simple terms. |
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How to Maximize the Return of Your 401k Plan |
| This balanced strategy for simple 401k retirement plans is constructed to avoid the catastrophic losses many experienced in 2008-2009. |
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Active versus Passive Retirement Investors |
| Typically investors fall into two general groups: Active investors who invest based on market trends and Passive investors who follow a Buy & Hold strategy regardless of market trends. |
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Not Again! |
| Again the investigations into the financial crisis reveals that greed and corruption seem to be the likely cause. How can an average person invest safely? |
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March-2010 |
| February saw the downward slide that began in January pause and begin what seems to be a retreat for most sectors. The European-Pacific indexes are not showing the same recovery signs as the US or Emerging Markets. |
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February-2010 |
| Last month we saw broad downward movement across most domestic and global markets. Whether or not this movement is the beginning of a long term trend we must wait for our models to tell us. Later in the month there seemed to be a change of direction but we don't trust our emotions. Our models hav... |
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January-2010 |
| To begin the New Year we want to look at the BIG picture. This month's graph compares the past performance of the US Market (as measured by the S&P 500) against the performance of the world's emerging markets (as measured by Vanguard's VWO index fund). There are three obvious points seen in this c... |
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December-2009 |
| During October all our timing models continued to indicate BUY for each market index. It seemed that the Emerging Markets signal might indicate a SELL but recent upward trend reversed that indication. The on-line Performance Tools have been updated to show all timing signals through October. |
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Our Link Information |
| Our simple mission is to share honest and truthful self directed investment strategies on how to manage your money, especially your retirement money, using Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). |
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Time in Market versus Market Timing |
| Two popular investment strategies, time in market and market timing, are objectively reviewed. A third hybrid strategy is then proposed for use by the self-directed investor. |
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