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Anyone know about retirement investments
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pugmama
April already?
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Erica
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Anyone know about retirement investments
I am enrolling in TIAA-CREF retirement fund and I am clueless about which funds to choose. I think I want to go with those that are moderately agressive but I dont know which of my chooses are those. Any help would be appreciated.
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Posted 8/10/06 12:26 PM  |
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BobBsWife
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Tracy
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Re: Anyone know about retirement investments
I am clueless also!! I just checked off medium risk and let it go.
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| Posted 8/10/06 12:27 PM |
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lululu
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Re: Anyone know about retirement investments
Well - they have guidelines somewhere on how you should allocate your assets based on your age. Generally though if you are young (20s & 30s) and have a good amount of time before you plan on retiring - you should allocate a good portion of your assets in aggressive growth funds. If you arent comfortable with that, then put it in 50% aggressive growth and 50% more stable (medium growth or fixed income funds)... That's how i would handle it - but you have to do what you are comfortable with.
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| Posted 8/10/06 12:30 PM |
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pugmama
April already?
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Erica
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Re: Anyone know about retirement investments
Thanks for the help. If I know I want to do some fixed income do you know the difference between my two choices - Bond Market Account or Inflation-Linked Bond Account?
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| Posted 8/10/06 12:55 PM |
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lululu
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Re: Anyone know about retirement investments
Posted by pugmama
Thanks for the help. If I know I want to do some fixed income do you know the difference between my two choices - Bond Market Account or Inflation-Linked Bond Account?
Unfortunately I dont - but does the site let you see the historical perfromance of the funds? i usually look at the long term performance and pick the one that has done better - if i have narrowed it down to two funds....
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| Posted 8/10/06 1:02 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
Fall Is Here
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Sonia
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Re: Anyone know about retirement investments
Posted by pugmama
Thanks for the help. If I know I want to do some fixed income do you know the difference between my two choices - Bond Market Account or Inflation-Linked Bond Account?
A bond market fund is more conservative. It depends on how risky or conservatively you want to invest your momey.
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| Posted 8/10/06 1:04 PM |
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