Comments on: how to choose a retirement strategy – or not http://www.bripblap.com/how-to-choose-a-retirement-strategy-or-not/ thoughtful personal finance, career and health advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amenda Animal Trainer http://www.bripblap.com/how-to-choose-a-retirement-strategy-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-29978 Amenda Animal Trainer Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:18:15 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=2013#comment-29978 I max out my Roth IRA contribution every year, but I have a lot of money left over that I could invest. Besides investing in mutual funds or cash-value life insurance, are there any other good long-term retirement investing strategies? I max out my Roth IRA contribution every year, but I have a lot of money left over that I could invest. Besides investing in mutual funds or cash-value life insurance, are there any other good long-term retirement investing strategies?

]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.bripblap.com/how-to-choose-a-retirement-strategy-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-29973 Funny about Money Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:15:11 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=2013#comment-29973 {sigh} Wish I could get you into my classroom and have you give the little freshmen and sophomores a shake or two. I teach composition, not finance, and so am not allowed to hold forth on this subject, but even if you're only 18 or 19 years old and flipping burgers at McDonald's, putting just a few bucks a month into a Roth or regular IRA will add up to a surprisingly big chunk over time. Who knows? Maybe even enough to send your kid to a private college in 2026? ;-)<br><br>No one should be allowed to graduate from high school without knowing how to use Excel's "future value" function... {sigh} Wish I could get you into my classroom and have you give the little freshmen and sophomores a shake or two. I teach composition, not finance, and so am not allowed to hold forth on this subject, but even if you're only 18 or 19 years old and flipping burgers at McDonald's, putting just a few bucks a month into a Roth or regular IRA will add up to a surprisingly big chunk over time. Who knows? Maybe even enough to send your kid to a private college in 2026? ;-)

No one should be allowed to graduate from high school without knowing how to use Excel's “future value” function…

]]> By: Stephen @ Home Loans http://www.bripblap.com/how-to-choose-a-retirement-strategy-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-29969 Stephen @ Home Loans Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:33:37 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=2013#comment-29969 Time is really the true treasure that we all should be chasing. Money can always be there but time can't wait. And I also agree that anyone can use time to accumulate money. And for banks, time can give them huge sum of money! :) Time is really the true treasure that we all should be chasing. Money can always be there but time can't wait. And I also agree that anyone can use time to accumulate money. And for banks, time can give them huge sum of money! :)

]]> By: Stephen @ Home Loans http://www.bripblap.com/how-to-choose-a-retirement-strategy-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-29970 Stephen @ Home Loans Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:33:37 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=2013#comment-29970 Time is really the true treasure that we all should be chasing. Money can always be there but time can't wait. And I also agree that anyone can use time to accumulate money. And for banks, time can give them huge sum of money! :) Time is really the true treasure that we all should be chasing. Money can always be there but time can't wait. And I also agree that anyone can use time to accumulate money. And for banks, time can give them huge sum of money! :)

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