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		<title>Employer Sponsored Retirement Accounts &#8211; What Are Your Options?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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In an effort to reduce my debt load, I have taken an additional job in order to increase my accelerator margin payments.  The good news is, in the 4 months I&#8217;ve been doing this new routine we&#8217;ve paid off four credit cards as well as a vehicle loan.  The great news is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=67&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diversifying Roth IRA Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, I wrote a previous post on how I planned to allocate my Roth IRA investments.  Well today (1/25/08), after much strenuous research and the market dropping to records lows, I decided now was the time to act.  Many of the investments I had been looking at dropped significantly on Wednesday (1/23/08). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=60&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Roth IRA&#8217;s and Compound Interest!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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It wasn&#8217;t until a recent episode of Suze Orman did I fully grasp the potential of IRA&#8217;s and the power of compound interest.  When you sit down and work out the math it&#8217;s really quite amazing how simple steps we can take while we&#8217;re young, say, saving $100 a month, can turn into millions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=58&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coach Stock Plummeting, No Relief in Sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the reason for my renewed interest in posting is that I received my Scottrade investment statements.  I knew I should have been devoting an hour a week to company research, per Jim Cramer&#8217;s advice, but sadly, that also fell to the wayside while I was caught up in the joy of maintaining [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=55&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Choose a Great Mutual Fund/ETF</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now as you know, I&#8217;ve begun investing my Roth IRA money. I bought my first set of stocks and would like to have the bulk of my portfolio in nice, save and secure mutual funds. My goal is to achieve a well diversified portfolio.
I&#8217;m looking to invest my portfolio like this:
80% Mutual Funds
10% International
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		<title>Mutual Funds 101</title>
		<link>http://betteroffknowing.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/how-to-choose-a-great-mutual-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in investing in some mutual funds?  Don&#8217;t know where to start or what all the different terms mean?  Here&#8217;s a quick guide to the different kinds of mutual funds, what, if any, fees are associated with them and of what kinds to steer clear.
Here&#8217;s the general idea with mutual funds.
A mutual fund [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=44&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>COH Stock, Company Tracking</title>
		<link>http://betteroffknowing.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/coh-stock-company-tracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst continuing research on my current stock, I came across a very good article that articulates what I mentioned in a previous post.  Here is a prime example of how to continue learning and following the company in which you&#8217;ve invested.  
Riding the High Road at Coach.   This article validated my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=30&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Aftermath: What I&#8217;ve Learned from Buying Stock</title>
		<link>http://betteroffknowing.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-aftermath-what-ive-learned-from-buying-stock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a shame, really.  I should have stuck to my guns.  I&#8217;m typically a very good, goal-oriented person, and yet I gave into the moment.  In an anxious fit, I bought even though it wasn&#8217;t at my goal price.  What I&#8217;ve learned since, is that two days later on August 29th, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=23&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I Came About Buying COH, Step Three: My Second Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alright, with my first order under my belt I&#8217;m prepared to make my next purchase.  I continued to watch hourly Thursday and Friday. There were similar fluctuations going up to $45. Which was good news for my 50 stocks but I was still interested in buying 50 more. Then on Monday, August 27 it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=22&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I Came About Buying COH, Step Two: My First Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I began monitoring the COH (every 15 minutes I was refreshing the page), I was able to confirm my theory.  I was watching between the hours of 11am and 2pm.  I had a goal price in mind at which I wanted to buy.  This also comes from my father&#8217;s advice.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betteroffknowing.wordpress.com&blog=1608716&post=21&subd=betteroffknowing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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