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• Yes, You Can Have Too Much of a Good Thing

  Q. My wife and I have about $320,000 of investments. About a third of that amount is invested in two royalty investment trusts. One is oil-based, and the other is in natural gas. Even after the recent dunking the energy market has taken, we are still... Posted Jan 19 2006, 02:40 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Consumption Smoothing, Government, Taxes & Other Disasters, Home Ownership & Mortgages, Income Investing, Q&A (from print), Retirement

• Diversification Can Protect You From Steep Losses

  Q. I am one of thousands of Dallasites who has watched his 401(k) holdings vanish at an alarming rate. Now, more than a year after the dot.com bubble burst, I am still losing approximately one out of every five dollars invested. My 401(k) investment is... Posted Jul 26 2001, 11:20 AM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Home Ownership & Mortgages, Income Investing, Q&A (from print), Retirement

• Getting a Higher Return on a Tax Deferred Annuity

  Q. My wife and I are in our 60's, collecting Social Security, and with other investment income we are doing fine. We have $72,000 in a tax deferred annuity that is now paying $321.13 a month. We would like to receive more than this but still have a sense... Posted Dec 09 1996, 11:37 AM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Home Ownership & Mortgages, Income Investing, Q&A (from print), Retirement

• Dealing with Disability

  Q. I am a 59 year old disabled lady who draws $404 a month from Social Security Disability. My son matches that amount each month for my living expenses. I can manage $50 a month for investments without any great deal of trouble. Is there any kind of... Posted Apr 10 1995, 02:40 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Home Ownership & Mortgages, Income Investing, Q&A (from print), Retirement