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• Couch Potato Investing

• With a Good Match You Can Tolerate A Poor Fund Family

  Q. My employer offers a Simple IRA. They match the first 3 percent. This is great, but the only fund company they are offering is John Hancock Funds, with class A, B, or C shares and horrendous yearly expenses. Should I invest anyway to get the match... Posted Feb 26 2004, 02:12 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Income Investing, Q&A (from print), The Spender's Portfolio & Portfolio Survival

• Fund Screening---It Takes More Than Wishful Thinking

  Q. I retired over twelve months ago and moved all of my 401k money to a financial planner to invest. It amounted to $700,000. I agreed that I could accept moderate risk. By the end of August, the funds had decreased to around $560,000. On September 10th... Posted Mar 07 2002, 01:43 PM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Income Investing, Q&A (from print), The Spender's Portfolio & Portfolio Survival

• In “The Battle for Investment Survival” Risk Matters

  Q. I am in the military and I can see what the current events have done with the stock market. I have never had money to invest before but I have saved $20,000 over the past few years. I can see that when the market opens it will be time to buy shortly... Posted Oct 04 2001, 10:51 AM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Couch Potato Investing, Income Investing, Q&A (from print), The Spender's Portfolio & Portfolio Survival

• Like a Rose, Volatility is…

  Q. My wife is very conservative with investing our money. It is all in mutual funds and bonds. This sounds silly but I would like to invest a mere 1 percent of that money in an individual stock. Please tell her that she is being ridiculous. The stock... Posted Aug 16 2001, 09:55 AM by scottb with | with no comments Filed under: Income Investing, Q&A (from print), The Spender's Portfolio & Portfolio Survival