I used to love the stock market. I loved to research companies and pick new stocks to invest in. I created an entire ETF portfolio for my fiancee's Roth IRA. I even did some very risky options trading. I don't do any of that now. My fiancee and I both cashed out our Roth IRAs for the purchase of our
If I could pick one day a year to repeat over and over again it wouldn't be Christmas. It wouldn't be my birthday either. Nope, the best (or at least most profitable) day of the year for me is 401k match day. My company gives a 100% 401k match for up to 6% of your contributions, and then gives an
Have you ever been invited to a dinner party? No, I'm not talking about a booze fest at your college's frat house. I mean a party where you are going to a friend's house and they are going to feed you while you socialize. If you've ever been to one of those parties, I hope you didn't show up empty
I will be closing on my first house on December 4th, and I will be bringing a 20% down payment to my closing date. As someone who just paid off my student loans a few months ago, I definitely didn't just have $40k lying around. What I did have was a fairly substantial amount of money in my 401k. The
I've been reallocating my investments in my Roth IRA over the last few days working under one simple principle: Would I buy it today at the current price? It was easy to sell stuff that had gone up and I thought was currently overvalued. For example, I was up about 10% on Las Vegas Sands (LVS). I don't think the
