Yes, the past decade of 2000s didn’t treat investors well. If you invested in the DJIA, you lost 9% for the decade. a S&P 500 investor lost 24%. and a NASDAQ investor lost 44%, thanks to the fact that we started the decade at the height of the dot com bubble.
All the above figures are absolute, un-annualized returns. That is, your original 10,000 dollar investment will end up at approximately $9,100, $7,600, and $5,600 respectively.
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Isn’t it good that when you wake up from hibernation, everything in the world is better?
A good portion of personal finance planning is about credit management, and that usually involves you keep track of your credit report and credit score, so as to maintain a good credit record that might help you when you apply for the next mortgage, car loan or credit card.
Three years ago, the new FTC legislature requires each of the “big three” credit agencies to provide a free credit report to everyone once every year. …

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The IRS said today it?s got $1 billion in unclaimed tax refunds, owed to people who didn?t file a return in 2008. Read that story, plus find out how the housing market is faring, what?s happening with mortgage rates, and investing insights, in today?s Personal Finance Daily.

Personal Finance Daily: IRS has $1 billion in unclaimed tax refunds

One retirement saver decimated his $1 million IRA by doing more than the maximum one rollover per year. that?s just one of the mistakes IRA expert Ed Slott and tax expert Jack Nuckolls detail in our Retirement Adviser special report. Read those stories, plus find out ways to become a better saver, all in Personal Finance Daily.

Personal Finance Daily: Protect your IRA ? from yourself and the tax man

Amy Hoak writes today in her preview of this week?s International Builders? show that some of the big-name appliance makers will be conspicuous by their absence. While there are many reasons suppliers do or don?t attend trade shows, the lack of these big players suggests there?s not yet a lot of optimism about the new-home market.

Personal Finance Daily: Appliance makers skip builders? show

Mitt Romney may have the eyes of the Republican party right now but there?s no doubt that the race is far from over. With little explanation, candidates like Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich have rocketed to the front of race only to be replaced by somebody else but Rick Santorum, a candidate largely in the [...]9 Facts about the Santorum Tax plan from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com. …
9 Facts about the Santorum Tax Plan

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