From the monthly archives:

April 2009

The carnival is still new, so I searched for the actual definition of Pecuniary and Delight. Here’s what I found on the web.
Pecuniary \Pe*cun”ia*ry\ (p[-e]*k[=u]n”y[asl]*r[i^]*l[y^]), a.
[L. pecuniarius, fr. pecunia money, orig., property in
cattle, fr. pecus cattle: cf. F. p['e]cuniaire. See Fee,
and cf. Peculiar.]
1. Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a
pecuniary reward. –Burke.
[1913 [...]

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Market Crash Coming?

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I feel uneasy to talk about this, since I always advocate investing for the long term and be in diversified investments while ignoring the noise.  However, I have been slowly selling my stocks in my taxable investment account and I would really feel bad if I did not say anything and what I predict really happened.  [...]

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Fees in Your 401(k)

by MoneyNing

Last week I came across a study done by the Investment Company Institute together with Deloitte regarding the expenses charged by 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Here’s the short version:
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Education [...]

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