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During various periods of time throughout history, financial markets have often been driven by one major swing factor which can usually be boiled down to a particular word or phrase. Over the past few years the pivotal buzzword has been Quantitative ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
Dear Dave,
My son has a $115,000 mortgage at 5.8 percent. He also has a home equity line of credit of $40,000 at 9 percent. Currently, he can get a 30-year loan at 3.5 percent, or a 15-year note at 2.75 percent. His take-home pay is between $70,000 a...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
I borrowed $30,000 from my aunt to buy a condo eight years ago. We had a deal that she would get her money back, plus a piece of the profits, when it sold. If there were no profits, she would get back her original $30,000. Recently the con...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
Is it ever too late to get life insurance?
—Tiffany
Dear Tiffany,
The only time it’s really too late to get life insurance is after you’re dead!
But seriously, if you’re older than 70 it becomes pretty difficult to get affordable coverag...
DATE: Jun 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave: How do you feel about an exchange-traded fund (ETF) as an investment device? — Charles
Dear Charles: The main reason to do an ETF is it allows you to trade your stocks or mutual funds easily and often. I can’t recommend them because I don’...
DATE: Jun 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Noticeably absent from this year’s soaring stock market have been emerging market equities and those companies which deal in commodities. Stoked by unprecedented money-printing and massive global “ring-fencing” of the world’s most serious credit prob...
DATE: May 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
Dear Dave,
My husband and I are debt-free except for our mortgage, and we make $65,000 a year. At this point, we have only $17,000 left to pay on the house.
We haven’t fully gotten into all the retirement planning you say should come before paying o...
DATE: May 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave: I’m a stay-at-home mom now, and my husband brings home $2,600 a month. We’re trying to get out of debt, but we need more money coming in. I want to go back to work, but emotionally part of me feels like I should stay home with our two-year...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
I’d like to start investing in mutual funds, but I have no idea how they work. Could you explain about them please?
—Jennifer
Dear Jennifer,
First of all, don’t rely solely on my answer here. You should never invest in anything you don’t...
DATE: May 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
If a wife takes out a credit card in her husband’s name without his knowledge, and they get divorced, can the husband claim identity theft?
—Nancy
Dear Nancy,
Absolutely! Unless they have power of attorney, anytime someone opens an accoun...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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