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Well she took the new job. Now she will commute between Owings Mills and Lakeland. The good news is a raise is coming and hopefully we will be able to hold out here in MD for a couple more years. They have crabs, but do they have old bay seasoning in Lakeland? She will stay in hotels in while in FL.

My wife is 2 years from full pension the last month is a 200k difference. Her company was bought recently and her plant may close down before her retirement. We live in Maryland. She has been offered a promotion and a new job at the Florida facility. She would work here until the plant closes...

Thanks for all your replies. I figured that this was a scam and just wanted to get some verification from the experts. Thanks again Jeff

What's the story with all these internet sites that tell you when to buy and sell based on various parameters? I went to a day long motivational seminar a few weeks ago, and one of the speakers was touting this scheme. If you get 3 green up arrows them buy stock sell if you get 3 red down...

I need to loose weight! I am 6'0" weight 242 and have type II diabetes. It seems no matter what I eat I can not loose weight. I think the insulin resistence is at the heart of my problem. Try to walk 30-60 minutes 5 times a week. I have trouble keeping to a low carb diet as I love fruits and...

Re: When I Look Upon Pelosi & Reid I Get...... I heard a rumor that these women are Rosy O'Donald's body guards.

Re: When I Look Upon Pelosi & Reid I Get...... You can forget about the tax cuts being made permanent. Liberal supreme court judges will be the norm. We will all be in for a new round of gun control after the next school shooting. Capital gains tax rate will go back in 2010. What exactly are we...

We have already maxed out our roths plus catch ups. My new job has a 2 year wait till I can get a 3% match on contributions. I decided to up my wife's 401k contribution to 40% from 20%. Since 2003 I have been investing my roths and simple ira with a financial group. They invest mostly in...

I am having one of those days. It was tough to wake up and go to the salt mine. It has been cloudy here for 5 days. I just feel like turning in the cleats, but I know our money is a little thin for that. Oh well I'll just press on one day at a time.

I think for now I'm going to keep the mortgage, make the regular payment, and sock away as much as I can.

I want to retire by the time I turn 58 about 6 years. Our 401ks are spread in AF European Growth, Delaware Trend Instit., Fidelity Balanced, Fidelity Equity Income, and TRP Small Cap Stock. Our house is worth about 420k so we could take the equity and move to a less expensive home at retirement.

My wife and I are both 52 and we at a quandry as to what we should do in the next few years. My wife has been working for the same company for 31 years. As of her 55 birthday she can retire with full pension. This is around 2000 per month or $400 k in cash value. We also have about 400k in 401ks...

Before you go off and buy an RV watch "Lost in America" with Albert Brooks

I just tracked my last 15 months return from 1/05 to 3/31/06 I have averaged 6.5% per annum. I use a financial advisor so this is after fees. I am somewhat disapointed by my returns. I am 100% in equities. He uses covered call options, which I have posted about previously. My spouses 401k is...

When I can get it.

Congrats!! I hit a milestone this month also 1 million net worth. I am 51 at your age my net worth was under 100k for sure. I divorced my spend thrift wife in my early 40's. Funny thing is she left me for a loser. Now I have remarried a much more physcally conservative woman. It's amazing how...

I like that Oracle line

My 401k through Fidelity has 7.2% return as of yesterday. Over half is in a closed fund that pays about 5% interest. I think it lends money back to my parent company. The other half is invested in a foreign fund, small cap fund, equity income fund and a large cap fund. My other investments are...

Thanks Erd50, I was looking at my 12 month returns and I am up about 3 percent year to date. Then I looked at some mutual fund groups (Vanguard, Fidelity and TR Price). It seems the only fund groups that are up significantly year to date are the foreign funds. Other that them most funds are...

Here are most of my stocks. (BE EMC IGT SBC VZ MO BAC CHKP SNDA TEVA TOT SBS AC MOT PFE TGT SFL)

So what would you recomend I do at my annual meeting later this month?

My financial advisor is in a group at a large Investment Firm. Two advisors and one technical person are in his group. My simple IRA, Traditional IRA, Roth IRA for my wife and I, and a taxable account. Since joining this group a year and a half ago my advisor has invested in covered calls. They...

PETA's latest campaign - "Your Daddy Kills Animals" - hit the pile of rubble on my desk, it was sit-up-and-take-notice time. Seems the group that claims 800,000 members has embarked on a mission to hand out anti-fishing leaflets to children at tackle shops and fishing tournaments. The single...

I put myself as a smoker. I think I am on the borderline. I only smoke about once a week and its a cigar. I do not inhale (really) Jeff ;D ;D

I have been using quicken for many years. I am not too impressed with its investment download and reports. Recently I am doing a free trail of Mvelopes. Has anybody tried this program? Its basically mainly for budgeting, but I am impressed with its downloading ability. Better then quicken.