401k

QnA Friday: Happy New Year! (and 401k QnA Part 1)

January 10, 2013
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Happy New Year my wonderful grasshopper friends! I’m back! I cannot believe we are ten days into January already. It seems as if just yesterday the Kung Fu Kids were putting out cookies and milk for Santa and making gifts for the family. My favorite is the handwritten card they made me inviting me to [...]

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QnA: Accredited Investors and MC Hammer?

December 9, 2011
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I am shivering and have icicles for fingers today as I write this to you here in “balmy” (ha!) Palo Alto. I think we need to move back to Hawaii (where Kung Fu Guy is from) so that I can warm up! I just cranked up our heat and am about to start a fire [...]

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Beat That Horse Dead…401(k) Finale

November 11, 2011
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Throughout the course of this week (thank you for sticking with me…I promise to never do another “4-part series” unless it’s on a sexy, exciting topic like buying gold or making your first million!) we’ve been discussing three ways in which 401(k)’s suck, namely: Ridiculous fees that seriously eat into your final earnings Almost complete [...]

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The Tax Man Cometh…

November 10, 2011
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The year is 2040. Hovercraft zoom by rapidly and weave crazily in between the numerous skyscrapers. You’re on your hover-skateboard, even cooler than Marty McFly’s, and you’re skating for your LIFE. Someone is chasing you. Someone wants something from you. Someone is out to get something from you…something he believes is rightfully HIS. With a quick glance [...]

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Feeling Trapped? 401(k) Part Deux…

November 9, 2011
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Hi. My name’s Lotta, Lotta Cash (sadly, no relation to Johnny). I used to have a fabulous, exciting, highly productive, rewarding life, but now… I’m in prison. Yep, that’s right, locked behind bars doin’ time for a crime I didn’t commit. In fact, I’m not really sure why I’m in here at all…all I know [...]

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4 Ways Your 401(k) is Robbing You Blind (Part 1)

November 8, 2011
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We’ve all heard the mantra: “Work hard, save money, invest in your 401(k), and retire”. But does this really work? I have to admit I’m a little afraid to write this article. The 401(k) has been lauded in the mass media and mass financial publications (Kiplinger’s, Money Magazine, etc…..) as the savior of Americans’ retirements. [...]

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It’s QnA Friday…No Worka ’til Monday…

October 21, 2011
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It’s been a crazy week this week! I have a quick comfort zone story for you and then I’ll dive right into some great questions I’ve gotten via email or on the blog– I appreciate all of your questions and will answer as many as I can each Friday! Getting Out of My Comfort Zone…YIKES [...]

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