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Entries from March 2008

Picking the Right Mutual Fund for My Retirement

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about whether I’m really invested in the best place. My Roth is in a T. Rowe Price Mutual Fund called Personal Strategy Growth. It’s okay, about 80% stocks, 20% bonds, with an expense ratio of .86%.
The way I picked it was pretty uneducated. At the time I opened […]

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March Net Worth Update

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Ok, drumroll please.
I made the standard $500 contribution to the Roth IRA. The market recovered enough at the end of the month to boost the worth of my retirement fund by $55. Not too impressive, considering my account right now is still worth $3,724; $276 less than the total contributions I’ve put in.
No change in […]

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