Fearless Money

A little sanity check during an incredibly turbulent time in the economy.
Don’t Quit
If you are already out there building your own business, keep at it. If you were all prepared to jump ship from your lousy office job, do it. The nasty little secret is that harder times clean up the pool for the people […]

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In my third year of successful (25% or greater profit) stock-picking, I thought it was time to add a sidebar widget to show my current investments.
On the right you’ll see where I am currently invested. Most of them are International ETFs and all but one have been making double digit gains for years. […]

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ETF’s can be confusing for many people.

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I continue to be astounded at how well the ETFs I bought this summer are performing.I thought they’d be goodI was sure they’d do well, I just didn’t know I’d see this kind of result so quickly.

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The other day, I was reading Loral Langemeier’s new book “The Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Wealth Cycle Investing” as I was getting off the elevator at work.

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Wow, the ETFs I purchased this summer are spanking the market.FXI: Up 18.2%EWW: Up 20.52%IVE: Up 9.62%Total percent increase, corrected for my share allocation: $15.93%, approximately 60% annualized.

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A couple weeks ago, my rollover transfer from my last employer’s 401K to a dedicated IRA finally completed.

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I changed my mind and opened college accounts for each of my three kids. Up to now, I’ve been thinking that I shouldn’t do that until I was already maximizing my contributions to every tax advantaged retirement account.

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A few days ago I posted that I made a 21% after-tax profit from my investment/speculation account. I pay a lot of attention to that account, of course, and deliberately do not pay as much attention to my Roth IRA. I prefer a “buy-and-hold” approach in that account. Interestingly, that strategy paid […]

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While doing my taxes this weekend, I realized just how well I did on my stock picks last year. Taking into account every trade, I made a profit of 21% after I cashed everything out in December.  Even after the capital gain taxes take their bite, I still made a profile of 13%.  That is […]

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