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S (Spring & Nextel corp)-40 shares @ ... |
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Sunny | My husband's retirement account is losing money. What can we do to turn that around? |
We don't know anything about investing or trading stocks, so we're in the dark here. My husband's company invests all the money for us in different stocks. We are allowed to invest or change them but we don't know which ones are our best choices. We don't have the money to pay someone like Schwab or Edward Jones. What is the best thing to do in our situation? We don't want to continue losing money, this is our livelyhood. I would appreciate any help. |
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Rob A
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Well if it's a retirement account then your husband's company isn't investing it for you guys. They have hired a third party to do that, which is pretty standard. The company that handles the retirement accounts should have a representative that can answer investment questions like that for you. Ask your husband to ask the Human Resources person he works with for a contact with the investment firm.
But your retirement account is set up for how long it is before you retire. So if you're young then just leave it be, the stock market fluctuates and it's normal, it will recover and in the long run will continue to rise. But if you're older and need the money to retire soon move the funds over to a more stable investment vehicle such as a money market account (which is basically like a savings account). In the money market account your money wouldn't earn as much interest as it would in stocks but it will be stable.
hope this helps. |
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Doctor Deth
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everyone has lost money in the last few months - I lost 9 months worth of gains in about 6 wks and have lost more since then = move half of it into a money market fund or something safe like that in his 401k plan until the market recovers some |
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solomon
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Your husbands probably in a 401k which IS an investment fund.. Your plite is common.. Most people don't know , or have time, or even understand the market system, and what to invest in.. The fund managers are not going to tell you or him what to invest in..You can seek advice from your local banking institution for an idea.. AND you can educate yourself just by listening to business news programs like on public radio, or PBS evening news on TV..But don't lose hart, because, Most everyone at this time is suffering a HIT on their investments.. What you need to do is relax, realize this will pass, and historically the markets are the best place to grow your money!! Next year at this time, you will begin to see what I mean.. Don't panic, keep investing and you will be fine.. If you were saving your money in a bank, you would only be getting 3to4% if you were lucky! Besides that, have your husband check what he has himself put in his retirement fund, opposed to what it is worth.. I believe you'll find , if he has been investing for a while, What the worth of his retirement fund is much more greater than what he has contributed.. And if it isn't, you can always have him switch his funds into the BOND investment vehicle, instead of stock funds.. The rewards aren't nearly as great, but there is little or no risk.. Trouble there is his retirement at the end will be appreciable smaller!! So you both need to decide which is better,, More risk for a probable good return on your money at retirement,, or a lesser retirement with little or no risk... Right now , some people I know have lost 1/4 % of their retirement fund,, I myself on one position I personally own have suffered a $15,000.00 loss , however its just on paper unless you get out and sell.. Next month, the loss could be cut in half and down the road , which is usually the case, you get it all back and it grows even larger.. Markets can be scary,, just relax, and continue to do what your doing.. Even if you took all your money out of the fund,, 1st, you could only take out what you contrilbuted,, and 2nd, you would be taxed on the money,plus a 10% penalty for doing it.. Strictly a lose , lose situation!! I hope this helps you! SOLOMON |
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BestINVEST
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The best thing to do in our situation is to put your money in Belarus bank. You will get a 13% APY with NO RISK AT ALL because all deposits are state insured. No fees. No risk. No taxes.
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I have opened such a high interest account.
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Mary T
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First of all, you have to consider how close you are to retiring. If it is a long way off, you may be worrying needlessly. The stock market goes up and down, but if you are in it for the long haul this dip will eventually correct itself and you will regain your losses.
Secondly, unless you are cashing out now you really haven't realized a loss at this point if you leave things how they are and the stocks recover if you have time to wait it out.
That said, there are pros and cons to doing your own investing, and I would recommend looking into a local community college or continuing education program for an investment course that would show you the basics so that you could learn how to do it yourself or determine if the company is doing a good enough job for you. |
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jesusrocks
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Personally, I would stick with funds rather than individual stocks - try money markets, CD's, roth IRA's, etc.
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donfletcheryh
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Every portfolio of stocks will lose value from time to time. No matter how you choose them this will happen.
We should have expected that over the past 5 years the net direction would be positive, If not, your money is poorly invested. But even funds well invested may have a negative one-year result.
If you want to find wel managed mutual funds, a fairly good choice for someone who does not have much experience, go to globefund.com and use the fund filter option to see funds that have had 10 year performance better than any given percentage. I suggest using a percentage like 10. The list of funds presented can be sorted in terms of 5 year return, to get the better performers to the top. (using the long term tab.)
The next step may seem counter intuitive. But select funds from the top part of the list which have one year returns not much better than its 5 year return. Even negative returns in the short term are acceptable for a long term top performing fund... the market has been down.
If your local credit unions have a brokerage, They will provide good review of a list of funds that you might plan to invest in.
You should take a list of maybe 15 funds from close to the top of the list. Use the fundlist option to make working with them easier.
You can use the graphing function to avoid choosing funds that graph identically. these are clones of one another.
Ultimately you should find 6 or 7 funds that graph differently, that you can actually buy, and which have not had prolonged periods of negative return (annual tab). This last part is because you appear to be very sensitive to negative returns.
Having a trusted guide such as a broker in a credit union to look over your list of say 15 funds, and pare it down to 6 or 7 most suitable.
You need not spend a lot of effort doing daily tracking of that group of funds, too much changing will lower your returns. |
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muncie birder
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There is at least a decent chance that the market has about finished its sell off. One thing to be careful about in 401ks is to not invest too much in aggressive type investment vehicles. Slow and steady does it. Large cap core funds, value funds, or if the offering is provided life cycle funds.
If you want to email me your current allocation and your options, I will give you an opinion. |
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src50
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Retirement funds are for long-term investing and will experience ups and downs with the markets. That said, you need to learn the basics of investing so that you can make informed decisions on your own. "Investing For Dummies" is a great starter book. |
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Dr Jim
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Invest in Silver, often called "the poor man's gold". Silver used to be a monetary metal, and maybe some day it will be again. Back in 1980, gold sold for 850 and silver sold for 50. Then, one ounce of gold would buy 17 ounces of silver. Today with gold near 900, one ounce of gold will buy a whopping 55 ounces of silver. It seems to me that silver, in terms of gold, is "too cheap." Silver will continue to be a great investment for at least a few more years because of these factors: (1) US Dollar is declining in value, (2) Fed continues to lower interest rates, (3) Inflation is rampant mainly due to the fact that the US Dollar is declining and other countries economies are growing rapidly, (4) Deficit is growing, (5) China and other countries want to diversify out of the US Dollar and into gold/silver, (5) the bull run in gold/silver has been strong for 5 years now and has yet to reach its final parabolic phase.
Silver has made about 40% annually since 2002, and will continue to make that much until nearly everyone has heard about it and feels confident about investing in it. The FINAL TOP is nearly in when you hear it on the nightly news almost daily or it appears as the cover story on Business Week, Newsweek, and/or Time Magazine. This usually goes with the theory that everyone that will buy in has bought in, therefore, what you are left with are mainly sellers. Until then, you will make very good money in Silver.
Silver is EXTREMELY easy to buy and sell. You can buy silver with ticker symbol "SLV". The great thing about SLV is you don't need to store it physically and you can trade it immediately. |
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bunnycon48
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Hi,
Don't do anything in haste. First you have to be clear as to what stocks/funds you have. Ask questions on investment sites. Moneyrec.com is free to users and you can post your assets anonymously and ask for users and experts to review what you have.
Good luck and be careful before you make any changes.
Bunny |
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MM
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Best thing is to learn a little about the markets so that you know when to add to and remove from your portfolio. Being a little active in the management of your account will go a long ways.
For details, read: http://commonsensetrading. googlepages. com |
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barry w
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If you want a quick return on your money then trading in cfd,s is the way to go.
You dont actually buy shares as such but buy a contract on the assets.
You then earn or lose money on the opening and closing price of the asset.
Many people have got rich very quick from cfd's but there is also the risk of losing money quickly.
Finding a broker will help as they can advice you on stops that sell when the
asset falls below a certain amount you can afford to lose.
you can find more information at
http://www.cfd-to-cfd-trading.co.uk |
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