IRA/401k
#11
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Also keep in mind if you try and time the market you need to make a correct guess not once but twice. You have to guess when to get out and when to get back in. If you. Can do that with any degree of success you should change professions.
#13
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
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Just regularly deposit money...it will do what is called dollar cost averaging of your shares/, investments....
By attempting to time the market you can miss the biggest ups and the biggest downs...
With 35+ years to go, it more important to get the $$ in and invested than worry about trying to get an extra half a percentage THIS year if you do it right, cause you might miss a bigger gain overall by sitting on a pile of cash at 0.01% in a money market.
Folks who tend to look at they accounts yearly tend to do best at not micromanageing things and do well...just rebalance and adjust for your goals/age or long term outlook...
Few people can ride the ups and downs emotionally of a big day/week/month and not take money out on a good day, then miss the top, or yank it out at the bottom, making a loss real, then miss an increase.
#14
#15
There basically are only two long term investment strategies. If you are an optimist, buy into a respectable Index-500 mutual fund at the least cost possible, which will likely be Vanguard. Just put as much as you can afford into it and don't even look at it until you are within five years of retiring. If the proverbial $hit doesn't hit the fan you are overwhelmingly likely to do better well diversified in the market WITHOUT PAYING ANY BROKERS OR MONEY MANAGERS than you are anyplace else.
If you are a pessimist and really believe there is going to be a societal meltdown capable of taking out the stock market, the logical place to put your money becomes guns, ammo, and freeze dried food.
I've got mine in Vanguard.
If you are a pessimist and really believe there is going to be a societal meltdown capable of taking out the stock market, the logical place to put your money becomes guns, ammo, and freeze dried food.
I've got mine in Vanguard.
Last edited by Excargodog; 03-30-2018 at 05:57 PM.
#16
Because FreedomFund 2055 charges three-quarters of a percent per year management fees:
https://money.usnews.com/funds/mutua...und/fdeex/fees
Vanguard index 500 would cost you seven-hundreds of a percent.
https://money.usnews.com/funds/mutua...und/vfiax/fees
You are paying Freedom Fund ten times as much to manage your money and you are unlikely to get as good a result.
And if you don't like Vanguard, that's fine, Schwab or any of a number of other index funds have FAR lower expense ratios than Freedom Fund.
https://money.usnews.com/funds/mutua...dex-fund/swppx
You really need to check an Andrew Tobias investment book out of the library and read it on your next long deadhead.
Last edited by Excargodog; 03-30-2018 at 05:37 PM.
#17
Good answer Excargodog.
Don't just trust us. Prove it for yourself.
https://www.alerusrb.com/calculator/FinCalc3.html
The simplest way is to assume some percentage return and then use the same return minus the fees. I think I used 7% to come up with 150K.
Look at HSA and mega back door Roth IRA too.
Don't just trust us. Prove it for yourself.
https://www.alerusrb.com/calculator/FinCalc3.html
The simplest way is to assume some percentage return and then use the same return minus the fees. I think I used 7% to come up with 150K.
Look at HSA and mega back door Roth IRA too.
#18
An Easier Way To Invest? - The Investor Blog - Nashville TN Investor Coaching
#19
Index funds are on the right track, but are often not nearly as diverse as people think they are:
An Easier Way To Invest? - The Investor Blog - Nashville TN Investor Coaching
An Easier Way To Invest? - The Investor Blog - Nashville TN Investor Coaching
https://www.ft.com/content/4594f554-...b-4a9c83ffa852
And they've damn sure worked for me.
#20
+1
Just regularly deposit money...it will do what is called dollar cost averaging of your shares/, investments....
By attempting to time the market you can miss the biggest ups and the biggest downs...
With 35+ years to go, it more important to get the $$ in and invested than worry about trying to get an extra half a percentage THIS year if you do it right, cause you might miss a bigger gain overall by sitting on a pile of cash at 0.01% in a money market.
Folks who tend to look at they accounts yearly tend to do best at not micromanageing things and do well...just rebalance and adjust for your goals/age or long term outlook...
Few people can ride the ups and downs emotionally of a big day/week/month and not take money out on a good day, then miss the top, or yank it out at the bottom, making a loss real, then miss an increase.
Just regularly deposit money...it will do what is called dollar cost averaging of your shares/, investments....
By attempting to time the market you can miss the biggest ups and the biggest downs...
With 35+ years to go, it more important to get the $$ in and invested than worry about trying to get an extra half a percentage THIS year if you do it right, cause you might miss a bigger gain overall by sitting on a pile of cash at 0.01% in a money market.
Folks who tend to look at they accounts yearly tend to do best at not micromanageing things and do well...just rebalance and adjust for your goals/age or long term outlook...
Few people can ride the ups and downs emotionally of a big day/week/month and not take money out on a good day, then miss the top, or yank it out at the bottom, making a loss real, then miss an increase.