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Query shown: Autor: Mike <ragamoffyn@gmail.com>
Number of results: 13 messages
2008-07-06 09:04:16 | Mike Other posts by this author
> it would make sense to buy CDs or other bonds denominated in US > dollars
since your loans are in dollars. Oh, right, I completely neglected the CD option.
Cool. Thanks
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2008-07-06 09:00:58 | Mike Other posts by this author
> Or, if your income is too high, you > may not be allowed to do the Roth
conversion at all. Well, that's a bit complicated. My income is pretty good
(compared to what it has been
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2008-07-05 18:53:13 | Mike Other posts by this author
> The Vanguard Target Retirement fund-of-funds spreads > their assets across 5
very efficient index funds. The > asset allocation is much easier to understand,
the > fees are
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2008-07-05 11:04:13 | Mike Other posts by this author
> Risk doesn't necessarily mean high return. > > A retirement fund will have
higher amounts of bonds than would be > optimal for capital appreciation. True.
My Vanguard and
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2008-07-05 11:04:01 | Mike Other posts by this author
> Are you sure? Vanguard charges a $20 fee for any fund with less than >
$10,000 in it, but that's nothing specific to TR 2045. I just checked again, and
turns out I misread things
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2008-07-04 23:18:54 | Mike Other posts by this author
I'm 38 and have about $50k or so spread across three retirement accounts: a Vanguard
Target Retirement 2045 fund, a Fidelity Freedom Fund 2040, and some misc holdings in
Morgan Stanley. I'd
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2008-07-04 23:18:53 | Mike Other posts by this author
I'm an American who's living in Norway currently, and I'm getting paid in kroners.
The kroner is doing really well compared to the dollar, and so I'm wondering if it
might be a good idea to
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2008-06-12 19:25:22 | Mike Other posts by this author
Ok, so it looks like I CAN contribute, and I'm limited to the smaller of $5000 or my
salary minus the foreign income exclusion, yes? Cool, thanks
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2008-06-12 19:08:13 | Mike Other posts by this author
> Contribute more how? Do you have a current 401(k) that you are > contributing
to? At what level? A common recommendation is: Well, I need to figure that out. I'm
living in Norway
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2008-06-12 13:20:18 | Mike Other posts by this author
Hi, all. Thanks much for the advice so far. Here are some answers to your questions:
I'm 38 with about $50k saved up in retirement funds. Not a lot, I know, but I'm
making a lot more money
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