Financial Planner - Roth IRA Sample Case: The Vanguard Target Retirement Fund

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For most young professionals in the lower tax bracket, choosing a Roth IRA (Individual Retirement Account) is generally a no-brainer. As a thrill-filled retirement account, the Roth [...]

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Personal Finance Advisors: Choose a Federal Student Loan Consolidation Lender

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In the past few years, many students and graduates took advantage of record-low interest rates and consolidated their federal student loans to lock in the historic low rates. If you [...]

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Three Principles of Personal Finance: #3 Prepare for the Unexpected

The best laid financial plan can be quickly ruined by a streak of misfortune: job loss, fire, theft, or health problems. You need to protect yourself, but it’s not nearly as hard as you think.

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Three Principles of Personal Finance: #2 Make The Money You Have Work For You

If you saved $10,000 a year for the next 40 years and earned no interest, you would have $400,000. If you invested $10,000 a year and earned a 10% return each year, you would have $5,267,155. Why the difference?

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Three Principles of Personal Finance: #1 Spend Less Than You Earn

More than 10,000 books have been written about personal finance. You could spend a lifetime reading them. Some of them are great; others are 99% motivation, 1% actual, actionable information…

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