This depends on a lot of things, such as your investing horizon (how long until you retire), risk tolerance, investment experience, and so forth. Assuming a young worker with a 40 year time fram...

Here's a good article from MarketWatch Top 11 'lazy' one-fund miniportfolios Hybrid funds go by many names, and are perfect for many investors By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch L...

as has most stocks put a stop (loss) on it say something like 10% under the current price if you have a good profit on it already. Play it safe

ROTH IRAs are basically IRAs funded with aftertax dollars. Since you are taxed on the money going in, you are NOT taxed on the money coming out (the earnings). If you fund one when your tax rate is...

First of all you can open more than one account. Second of all are you really so nervous your bank is going out of business. Relax and enjoy the extra cash.

Ask your CPA. Get a couple of different rates. They are usually managed by CPAs.

It is very hard to say do this or that without knowing about your true financial picture. I don't know what age your retirement will be, and that plays a big factor in planning, so do many oth...

lvms90 gave you a great answer! If you want advice on how to allocate ... Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (30%) - This is your index fund which should do as well as the market and will b...

I would stick with fidelity since u like them, and invest some money into some good growth stock mutual funds. Look for funds that have a good 5 to 10 year track record of making returns of more t...

they are just following the trend of the stock market look are a a different 10 year period!!!!

Well you certainly want to have a diversified portfolio of mutual funds. If you want to keep it simple: VTSMX Total Market Index, VGTSX Total International Stock Index. And I would even throw in...

For stocks for which they hold the certificates, they could probably sell within one business day. Mutual funds may vary as to how quickly you could move out of something you just purchased. I�...

You should go with an investment company instead of an insurance co. American Funds or Fidelity are the only ones I see that are investment Co's. The other ones are insurance Co's and...

CD is the safest for such a short time.All the others have capitol risk,which you may not have time to recover in 2 years

If your different accounts have a different purpose and you are not paying fees, then it might make sense. However you can probably at least consolidate the accounts to one or two banks.