©PBeckmann September 2009
12 September, 2009: If you loose 50 percent of your stock market investment, and then gain 50 percent, you have not come close to breaking even. Check out this chart or read the article.
28 August, 2009: Want to find out how much to withdraw from your retirement account? Some confusing answers.
23 August, 2009: Timing is everything: a 401(k) participant who retired in 2008 after contributing 4 percent of pay over 40 years and investing in a conservative mix of stocks and bonds would be able to replace a fourth of his pre-retirement income. That is only half as much as a similar worker who retired during the bull market in 1999, but far better than retiring in 1974 when markets were in a swoon (read more).