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Confused about dryer sheets
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Investment help- Am I on track to retire early?
First, I am 36 and plan on working for another 20 to 23 years. What can I do better as far as investments are concerned? Here it is:
401-k ( company matches 50% up to 1st 6%) I am doing 7% right now of around $80,000. Have around 21k 20%- Nationwide International Index A (International) 20%- Oppenheimer Global A (International) 20%- Neuberger Berman Gensis TR ( Small Cap) 20%- Wells Fargo Advantage Common Stock Z (Mid Cap) 20%- Janus Twenty Fund ( Large Cap) Rollover IRA Have around 48k 26%- Cherokee Inc Del (CHKE) 400shares- dividend payout of 8.5% 12%- Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) 125 shares 14%- Walgreens (WAG) 200 shares 8%- Harbor International (Hiinx) 9%- T.Rowe Price Latin America (Prlax) 31%- T.Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Roth IRA Have around 13k ( will be putting the max each year- this year 5k) 26%- Dodge & Cox International Stock (Dodfx) 29%- Fidelity four-in-one Index (FFNOX) 20%- AIM International Core Equity Inv (IIBCX) 25%- Janus Contrarian (JSVAX) Wife's Roth IRA Have around 4k ( will be putting between 3-4k each year) 100%- Marsico International Opportunities (MIOFX) Wife's 403-B ( no more contributions as she is a stay at home mom) Have around 13k 25% Fidelity Freedom 2040 (ffffx) 25% Fidelity Value (FDVLX) 25% Fidelity Magellon (FMAGX) 25% Fidelity Canada (FICDX) Also have around 20k in cash in a money market account at 5.05% and 20k in stocks such as Progress Energy (PGN), Duke Power (DUK). We owe 423k on a house that appraised this year for 520k with around 22 years left and own 3 rental houses ( 2 houses paid off with 1 that we owe around 83k- they generate around $1600 per month in total rent) Would you do anything different? No car payments and both cars are 2007's. Also 1 child thats 2 and have 3k in 529 account and contributes $100 per month for that. |
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For specific investment advice, I'd go over to the diehards site (bogleheads). There is a suggested proforma posted that will get you a quality answer. See the sticky under Investing - Help
Guide to the Vanguard Diehards Forums
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step 1 I would do some retirement calculators on sites like T Rowe Price, Money, Smartmoney and Quicken
step 2 I would determine what asset allocation you want. step 1 might help with this. step 3, do a morningstar x-ray of all holdings above step 4- compare steps 2 and 3. step 5 make changes If you do homework to determine asset allocation, the other decisions with investing come much easier.
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