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  • Oct 15, 2008

    Gold, again

    Question: If very high inflation is in our future due to the Great Bailout, would your same advice re gold in a IRA still hold? Ned, Melbourne FL…

  • Question: Hey – Imagine that last week I had $250,000 in deposits in Wachovia and another $250,000 in Wells Fargo, all FDIC insured, all okay. Now…

  • Oct 11, 2008

    Buy gold for IRA?

    Question: Hi Chris, I am seeking advice as to what I should do with my IRA fund. I have a portfolio of various mutual funds that used to be worth $…

  • Question: Thanks for being a voice of reason, especially these past few weeks….

  • A clarification: There has been some confusion about an answer I gave last week about money market mutual funds. The Treasury stabilization fund…

  • Question: I've generally tried to rebalance my portfolio at the end of each quarter. However, with the stock market volatile and descending, I'm…

  • Question: I currently have approx. $60,000 saved for retirement, combined between a Roth IRA (Vanguard and Raymond James) and a SIMPLE IRA …

  • Question: Almost all of my fixed income holdings are in municipal bond funds, since my wife and I are in the 28% tax bracket. I'm wondering about…

  • Here is the press release put out by Treasury on its back-up plan for making sure that money market mutual fund money invested before September 19…

  • Oct 4, 2008

    Libor

    Question: I hear that Libor's rate have gone up a lot. Is this the same Libor rate that adjustable mortgages are pegged to? Dan, Baltimore MD…