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Can someone explain the different kinds of annuities?
So in my retirement and personal investing I have some stocks (very little), a Roth IRA, a Roth 401K and a Traditional 401K (later two are from work and I split things right now).
At my age and ...
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Is there a fool-proof way to keep up with inflation? [duplicate]
I know I can keep cash in an interest-based bank account, but that type of investment will not keep up with inflation, it seems.
Would I be right to assume that government/corporate bonds can keep up ...
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Where to invest proceeds from home sale to be used to buy new house within five years?
My wife and I have just sold our house (mortgage was paid off) in the city we lived previously. We're currently renting because we're not sure if we're going to remain in our new city. At some ...
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Individual Investor Safe Reinvest Gains Strategy?
This hasn't been well thought through, but would the following strategy -- over time -- minimize risk in the market and work towards guaranteeing a higher rate of return?
Let's assume a principal ...
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Smart Investments With No Risk
I have a chunk of money, around $20,000. I don't want to touch it until I am ready to buy a house, which could be anytime within the next 2-5 years.
What would be the smartest way to make some money ...
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Are parking spaces and garage boxes a good investment?
Suppose, the following scenario:
You have an investment budget available to buy a parking space or garage box. (In Belgium that would be around €25000 ($30K).)
currently the saving accounts make ...
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Where can I place my savings in to limit my exposure to the risk of European bank failures and sovereign debt defaults?
After looking at this stunning Euro Zone Bank Stress Test tool provided by Reuters, I see the danger and the hight level of interconnections that exists among Banks in EU.
The actual scenario ...
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On a market down turn, where do you put your investment money?
What investment instruments should be considered when a market down turn starts and you sell your equities until your next market uptrend?
I refer to the market to the major US indices: Dow Jones, ...
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Using the Law of 72 to compute residual income?
Often I check an investment strategy's performance by summing the year-to-date realized gains/losses.
I take the sum of all closing(or market for unrealized) values CT, subtract the sum of all cost ...
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How can I invest my $100?
Is it feasible to invest a very small amount of money?
If it is, how can I attain it?
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How is Butterfly Trade Strategy good if the mid Strike price is already past?
In the trade example below - you have two buy put and two sell puts. One buy put is on 490 and the other is at 430, but also I am selling two puts at 460.
Since the price range of AAPL already is on ...
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Books in investment banking
As a complete newbie here, could anyone suggest a good first book on investment banking for me? Without too many equations to befuddle me (although I work with equations all day).
Heres my ...
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Is investing in a Capital Preservation Fund a good idea?
I have some money coming my way from the sale of a property and somebody recommended investing in a Capital Preservation Fund in dollars.
I currently live in the UK and does anybody agree this is a ...
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Balanced medium horizon investment for today's situation?
I am looking for a balanced investment for a medium term (max 8 years).
At the beginning I looked at bonds in their different forms, but actually they offer almost the same interest rate as saving ...
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Can someone explain what negatively-geared investments are, please?
I hear a lot about people saying they negatively gear their investment property, etc. I recently asked a PF&M question which included a note about negatively gearing.
Can somone please explain
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What are the primary investment strategies people use and why do they use them?
When I first started studying investing the literature I was reading pointed me towards something called technical analysis. As I started asking questions about this trying to determine exactly what ...
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Does dollar cost averaging really work?
Does dollar cost averaging really work? If I have money available now, why shouldn't I invest it all at once? If the market's going up, wouldn't that be better?
