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Commission Free ETFs May Not be Such a Great Deal February 8, 2010 | by Personal Dividends Shortly after Schwab started offering transaction free trading in it s proprietary line of Exchange Traded Funds, Fidelity has now rolled out free trading in iShares ETFs to its retail and advisor accounts. For an ETF investor, these appear to be a great news ... read more

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How Much Does it Take to Open / Start a Roth IRA? February 4, 2010 | by Good Financial Cents Starting a Roth IRA can easily be the single best choice you’ve made of your entire life. Well, other than ordering a Double Double from In-N-Out Burger, of course. –if you haven’t tried it, you’ll just have to take my word for it :) Maybe you want to open... read more

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What Is A Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)? How Does It Work? February 2, 2010 | by Bible Money Matters Over the past few months my employers have been scrambling to try and manage the company’s health care costs in light of pending increases in premiums both for the company, and for employees. With all the uncertainty with pending health care legislation, incre... read more

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9 Mistakes People Make with their IRA February 2, 2010 | by Money Smart People make a lot of mistakes when it comes to IRA and 401(k)-related decisions. And I can’t blame them. The tax code is obscenely complex. That said, there’s no need for you to make these mistakes. 1. Converting to a Roth when it makes no sense Just becaus... read more

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How to Choose ETFs for Your Portfolio January 25, 2010 | by Oblivious Investor A reader recently asked me how to choose between ETFs when creating a low-cost ETF portfolio. The first step, of course, is to choose the asset allocation that you want. But what then? For example, any of the following ETFs could satisfy the large-cap U.S. ... read more

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3 Things Make Clarifinancial Unique January 25, 2010 | by Aaron Pinkston 0 comments You’ve heard it said, “Clarifinancial is the only way to get custom life insurance quotes from multiple agents without any hassle.” A lot of companies make claims they can’t back up – even with solid economic research. One thing is true: there is only one w... read more

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How Do You Explain ETFs to Your Clients? January 20, 2010 | by Casey Smith 0 comments Communications Gap: Explaining ETFs To Your Clients I was recently privileged to be on a panel at the Inside ETF Conference in Boca Raton, FL last week. The event was a great success with over 800 attendees, and was broadcasted live by CNBC. My panel co... read more

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ETFs in your 401k? January 20, 2010 | by Casey Smith 0 comments ETFs are empowering individual and professional investors with the power of transparency, diversification, low fees, and, compared to many of active fund managers, better performance. Exchange Traded Funds allow investors the ability to buy and hold virtually... read more

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Ready to Roth: How You Fund an IRA Conversion Through the 'Back Door January 15, 2010 | by The Wall Street Journal My wife and I have been unable to contribute to Roth IRAs for the past several years due to the Roth IRA income limits. We have Roth IRAs from years that we were eligible, and we both have rolled over 401(k)s from previous employers to IRAs. I was planning to ... read more

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Buying Life Insurance on Parents January 14, 2010 | by Aaron Pinkston 0 comments Thinking about buying life insurance for your parents? There are a few things to consider. You might even want to consider if you need insurance on them at all. As we move from ... read more

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20 Ways to Get Less Creative with Life Insurance January 14, 2010 | by Aaron Pinkston 0 comments I am on a lot of email lists from life insurance news sources and life insurance companies. Every once in a while, I get one company or news source that gets a bee in their bonnet about “creative uses of life insurance”. Inevitably, this is some kind of backwa... read more

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Ask the Readers: Life After a Maxed-Out IRA? January 12, 2010 | by Get Rich Slowly Two years ago I started getting smart about my finances and in the time since, I’ve been able to put away enough money to max out my Roth IRA. I’m a grad student on a teaching-assistant income. As such, I don’t have a huge amount of cash lying around after I’v... read more

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Have You Maxed Out Your Roth IRA This Year Yet? January 11, 2010 | by Money Ning You think I’m just joking, but retirement is no laughing matter unless you already accumulated millions and retired early (in which case you can laugh out loud 24/7). I think everybody should max out their Roth IRA, right now. Here’s why...... read more

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Delaying Roth IRA Contributions One Year Could Cost You January 6, 2010 | by Frugal Dad Last year was the first year I have been able to make the maximum contribution to my Roth IRA, thanks in large part to becoming debt free. I was also able to fund a spousal IRA for my wife, who stays home with our kids. Now that it is 2010 I am psyched to m... read more

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Roth it Right: Six Mistakes to Avoid When Converting to a Roth IRA January 5, 2010 | by The Wall Street Journal BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- As years go, 2010 is on course to be a blockbuster for retirement-account owners. Starting in January, all Americans who own a traditional IRA -- not just those who have modified adjusted gross income under $100,000 -- will be able to c... read more

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