Resources, Retirement

Using Google And Yahoo To Track My Investment Portfolios

All of my brokerage accounts have “built it” portfolio trackers which track stocks and ETFs in “real time”. But, I use two, free, online portfolio trackers to keep up with my portfolios throughout the day. Google Finance provides stock quotes, business news, and offers portfolio tracking. Setting up a new portfolio takes just a few minutes, and as with most…

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Goals, Retirement

Behold, Two Roths Have Been Opened

I just finished to process of opening two Roth IRAs.  The annual contribution for 2006 is $4000, and I hope to contribute at least a portion of this amount to my account and my wife’s account before April of 2007.  My next goal will be to make/save an additional $8000 to fully fund the two Roths for 2006.  Tradeking is…

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Retirement, Savings

Trying To Save 60% Of Gross Income

In 2007, I’m trying to save 60% of our gross income. (For a detailed breakdown of my 2007 savings goals, check out this post.) Here’s the progress so far. (I have a detailed chart of my college savings goal over at the NCN Network page.) 20% of our gross income will be dedicated for our pretax retirement accounts. These amounts…

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