apocalypse Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 anyone has invested in Freedom Funds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumper Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 This is a gmmick by Yahoo's board to get Microsoft to raise their bid. If YHOO falls because of this news, you should load up. If it stays where it is, i wouldnt do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 anyone has invested in Freedom Funds? Is that the Fidelity one? (based on target year?) I looked at it, but havent really dabbled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Is that the Fidelity one? (based on target year?) I looked at it, but havent really dabbled. yeah the ones by Fidelity... confusing options for my IRA :hmmmm2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 BTW, for anyone who trades actively, TSRA is a good buy @ around $20. They were trading at around the $40-$50 range till a few months back when a patent lawsuit saw them go down. The courts have ruled in their favor and they are expected to go back up to at least what they were at a few months back. Disclaimer : Although, I have put in some money in the stock don't come crying to me if it bombs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadodaravictor Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yeah the ones by Fidelity... confusing options for my IRA :hmmmm2: I have vanguard target funds for IRA. It consists of no load low cost index funds. Last time I checked, Fidelity had some actively managed funds in their Freedom series. I absolutely hate actively managed funds. Academic research shows that over the long run, they have not beaten Index funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nospam Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 can f1 students invest? and if yes, how do they go about doing it? thanks :-] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadodaravictor Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 can f1 students invest? and if yes, how do they go about doing it? thanks :-] Yes F1 students can invest. I opened my IRA when I was on F1. Just go to any brokerage firm (scottrade, charles schwab, TDAmeritrade etc) if you want to trade stocks. If you want to open IRA and cannot afford Vanguard/Fidelity for their $3000 initial investment, go with T.Rowe Price. You can open IRA with $100 at T.Rowe Price (last time I checked). I am assuming you have SSN number and for IRA you have earned income for IRA limits ($5000 for 2008) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nospam Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Yes F1 students can invest. I opened my IRA when I was on F1. Just go to any brokerage firm (scottrade, charles schwab, TDAmeritrade etc) if you want to trade stocks. If you want to open IRA and cannot afford Vanguard/Fidelity for their $3000 initial investment, go with T.Rowe Price. You can open IRA with $100 at T.Rowe Price (last time I checked). I am assuming you have SSN number and for IRA you have earned income for IRA limits ($5000 for 2008) yes i do have SSN. thanks a lot for your info. :hatsoff: whats an IRA tho? [warning stocks/investor noob] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadodaravictor Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yes i do have SSN. thanks a lot for your info. :hatsoff: whats an IRA tho? [warning stocks/investor noob] IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. There are two types of IRA 1) Traditional - You put before tax dollars 2) Roth - You put after tax dollars I know being a student right now, retirement is probably last thing on your mind. But there are certain advantages of Roth type of IRA. *Any time you can withdraw your principal amount (not the gains) without any penalty for early withdrawl. *After 5 years of your Roth account you can withdraw upto $10000 in earnings for first home purchase or higher qualified education without penalty and without tax *After age 591/2, you can withdraw money from this account. You can withdraw as much as you want and there is no tax on gains. So say if you invest $5000 now and at 591/2 they have grown to $20000, you don't pay any tax on $15000 gain ($20000 -$5000). Read more at wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roth_IRA nospam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludhianvi Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 bump for a very interesting/informative thread. What's the latest? :tounge_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_South Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 What's the latest? :tounge_smile: Grab a pack of Pop corn and watch the tamasha , lots of bailing out will b done in da near future :cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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