youtube.com - 15 days ago
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Song Parody...Should I stay with buy and hold strategy preached by most brokerage and financial firms.
dailybail.com - 14 days ago
likelihoodofconfusion.com - 11 days ago
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likelihoodofconfusion.com —
Say you will? The judge politely declined, actually
— per our suggestion. Read all about the happy
outcome, and other yeoman work from the self-promotion-with-dignity crowd, at JD Scoop.
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Oh, won’t you stay?
econompicdata.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
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Report: Pre-Retirees in Denial on Savings
Calculated Risk —
From CNBC: Boomers in Denial About Retirement Savings Wells Fargo just released the results of its Retirement Fitness survey and looked hard at the investment habits of pre-retirees ages 50 to 59. What did they find? “There is a sense of denial among the pre-retirees,” said Lynne Ford, head of Wells Fargo Retail Retirement. Even after suffering significant losses last year, many remain overly optimistic about their investment returns and the ability of their savings to fund their expenses after they stop working. ... On average, these pre-retirees expected they would need $800,000 to fund their retirement. However, most had ...
Weekend Linky Dinks
UpsideTrader —
Weekend Linky Dinks [image] The Administration is kicking complete ass with this whole “saved or created” theme. Under this cutting edge scenario if you weren’t run over by a truck last week, your job was saved. The rate now stands at 10.2%, probably more like 17% though if you really peel back the onion.. The indices all managed a gain of over 3% for the week, gold hit all time highs, and despite all the fanfare that the greenback was ready to roar higher, it managed to end lower for the week. The trading range continues. Have a great weekend and enjoy the links. The billion dollar airbag. The buy and hold song. Pick your letter and ...
Musical Interlude
Angry Bear —
Among the people who have been updating The Theory of Finance for the ObamaNation is Gregg Sommerville, whose job depends to some significant extent on people not believing the following riff: More music below the fold. The Bailout Rap and the Subprime Mortgage Blues ...
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