I use Fidelity The downside is the higher fees, which start at $19.95 per trade. The fee can go lower to $10.95 if you do 36+ trades/year and $25,000 in household assets; or if you don't ac...

First, we need to distinguish between a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA. The numbers run very differently between the accounts. Second, the primary "value" of an IRA is the tax deferral (i...

The recommended mix for your age is probably 90-95% stocks (aggressive) and 5-10% bonds (stable return). That will allow you a small amount of stable gain (3-6% per year for most bonds) but leaves ...

Invest is a diversified portfolio of Domestic and International Mutual Funds. Allow fund money managers to do their job and invest in whats appropriate at the time. Why would you even try and gue...

Gee- I would suggest taking the into-level Finance class at your University. I know for business majors where I went, it was a requirement anyway. And for others, it would have been a great idea....

You can diversify your investments over bonds, equities and T bills to reduce your risk and increasing return. First ,learn what is the risk free return in your economy, i.e. what amount you can e...

They should give it all to political campaigns of candidates that will restore the dollar so that they don't become like Argentinians or Russians that have their currency whisked away from th...

do the condo, given that it's located in an advantageous location and such

This must be a homework question鈥?So ok, here is how you figure this one out. Let鈥檚 say X is the quantity of the higher yielding bonds you need, and Y is the quantity of the lowering yielding bond...

There were a couple of stipulations left out of the problem statement. Mortgage interest rate on the condo is one. Property taxes is another. Both might qualify for income tax deductions provid...

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You have to know the applicable tax rates on each of the investments. municple bonds is 0% high growth stocks as long as you do not sell is also 0% but the tax bill will come due when they ar...

There is information missing. The rent they are now paying and interest they would expect to pay on the loan to buy the condo would need to be taken into account as would thier ongoing living expen...

Trick Question-- The right answer is none of the above. They should use the 40 k to put down on a 200k house/condo they would have a lot more "leverage," than with the other investment...

First, I have to say that I think you'd have more people willing to help if it appeared that you had made some effort on this yourself. (E.g. if you said "I know municipal bonds are fede...