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Study sees U.S. retirement wealth up sharply by 2040 - MIT News Office Study sees U.S. retirement wealth up sharply by 2040 Greg Frost, News Office August 6, 2007 The average value of Americans' 401(k) plans will be substantially higher in real terms by the year 2040 even if stock market...

I'm curious - does anyone have any opinions on Yahoo? It's near a 52 week low. I work in the search/ad space and Yahoo has fundamentally strong brand and technology, they just seem horribly mismanaged.

What are some decent no load alternatives to American Funds' AGTHX? I just found out that AGTHX has a 5.75 up front load and need another pick to contribute new money to in the future.

Lets say that a child has total POA for an elderly parent. The parent has a few million in liquid but does not want to gift any assets until after they are dead or at least on their death bed. As soon as the parent's health begins to fail and they head into the hospice or hospital for the last...

Did anyone else see this video? Drudge linked to it. I'm wondering if anyone else can possibly interpret what Kerry said as referring to Bush being stuck in Iraq, versus uneducated americans being stuck in Iraq, which is what he claims he meant. I have tried to interpret it that way but can't...

Can an employee contribute to both a Roth IRA account *AND* a Roth 403(b) account? For instance a 25 year old who makes 60k/year. Can he put 4k (the max) into a Roth IRA and 15k (the max) into a "Roth" 403(b) account via work? Work in this case is a public school. I'm a little confused as to...

Some buddies and I have been working for the past 8 months on a new web service and we are about ready to launch.  Before we do, I need to recruit some beta testers who can spend a couple weeks on the system and give me some feedback on things like the design, usability, etc.  I thought this...

I want to pick up some dividend stocks for my Roth IRA and I have been looking at fuel tanker companies, specifically NAT, TNP, and GMR. Does anyone know anything about these companies? It seems like with Alaska and Canada producing more, and China's and India's future oil demands, this would be...

I have an unusual question about Roth IRAs. I have a small web startup company that currently has no income or real "value", because we are pre launch. The cost of the equipment + ip + trademarks + domains + other related expenses for the company is around 20k. I don't have a Roth IRA yet but...

I read a thread (and I think it was on this board but I can't find it) where someone talked about a bunch of Canadian trusts that paid 10%+ dividends. I was wondering whether anyone could point me to a list of them and describe the pros/cons. Surely there must be some cons/downside to sustain a...

Hello, this is my first post but I have read this board for quite awhile, thanks to all who post on here for taking the time to share your great advice. I had a question concerning 401ks that I thought you guys might be able to help me out with. My wife and I are both 23 and just graduated from...